Never make these calls on your iPhone or Android device.
has just come to life on social media, with an attack on Microsoft users going horribly wrong — at least from the hacker’s perspective. Sometimes it really is good to put a face to a name, and that’s the case with this viral story of the week.
Meet Gaurav Trivedi, who runs exactly this scam “out of his apartment complex in Raebareli, India.” His attack starts with one of these popups “that locks your screen, blares a loud warning sound" and voices a warning that a restart will spread a virus. The popup "tells you to call ‘Microsoft’ immediately or risk losing all your data.”, who has now shared his table-turning story with 42 million X users.
If you’ve been hit by one of these attacks. The FBI says you should file a report, run an “up to date virus scan” on your device, contact your financial institutions immediately, and of change all passwords for any accounts that might be compromised.
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