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Virtual Gold Coast Music Awards inundated with scammers during live broadcast

Virtual Gold Coast Music Awards inundated with scammers during live broadcast

The 2020 Gold Coast Music Awards would have gone off without a hitch last week if it wasn't for a slew of credit card scammers compromising the event. The virtual awards video presentation on the…

By Poppy Reid - May 6, 2020
Virtual Gold Coast Music Awards inundated with scammers during live broadcast

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Virtual Gold Coast Music Awards inundated with scammers during live broadcast

The 2020 Gold Coast Music Awards would have gone off without a hitch last week if it wasn't for a slew of credit card scammers compromising the event. The virtual awards video presentation on the…

By Poppy Reid - May 6, 2020
Watch a bot farm in action which artificially manipulates streaming numbers

Watch a bot farm in action which artificially manipulates streaming numbers

In 2015, Vice published a comment piece titled 'I Built a Botnet that Could Destroy Spotify with Fake Listens'. Essentially, its author William Bedell offered an early account of the click fraud…

By Poppy Reid - Nov 28, 2018
Watch a bot farm in action which artificially manipulates streaming numbers

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Watch a bot farm in action which artificially manipulates streaming numbers

In 2015, Vice published a comment piece titled 'I Built a Botnet that Could Destroy Spotify with Fake Listens'. Essentially, its author William Bedell offered an early account of the click fraud…

By Poppy Reid - Nov 28, 2018
Konvict Musik A&R D-Teck warns against scammers posing as Def Jam reps

Konvict Musik A&R D-Teck warns against scammers posing as Def Jam reps

D-Teck, US hip hop artist and A R at Akon's Sony subsidiary label Konvict Musik, has brought attention to industry scammers posing as representatives from Def Jam Records. In an interview with…

By Poppy Reid - Sep 18, 2018
Konvict Musik A&R D-Teck warns against scammers posing as Def Jam reps

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Konvict Musik A&R D-Teck warns against scammers posing as Def Jam reps

D-Teck, US hip hop artist and A R at Akon's Sony subsidiary label Konvict Musik, has brought attention to industry scammers posing as representatives from Def Jam Records. In an interview with…

By Poppy Reid - Sep 18, 2018
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