THEM pichau hardware storeOne of the largest in the segment in Brazil One of your Instagram accounts has been hacked Sunday night (4). The situation was uncovered by e-commerce itself, which posted a warning about the situation on all its social networks.
In his warning post, Picau tells consumers that the “@pichagaming” account has been hacked and could be used for fraud. “Do not buy from any link or Pix advertised there,” he states.
🇧🇷 Important notice! 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/KCKTyLkE7y
— pigeon (@pichauinfo) December 5, 2022
The store also pointed out that the only official sales channel for the brand’s hardware is the official website pichau.com.br. In other words, the platform does not sell directly through platforms such as Instagram stories.
What happened?
This Monday morning (5), Picau Gaming profile was inactive on Instagram. It is worth noting that only the specified arroba is affectedIt continues to work uninterruptedly and without violation with other channels, including the official profile of the store.
In a note sent Technology World, Picau gave more details on the subject. According to the company, the store was never impressed and the scammed account only has links to the group’s alternate domains, brands, and blogs.
🇧🇷The process consisted of simply pointing the domains http://pichauarena.com.br and http://pichaugaming.com.br to a third-party page, both of which were already working normally. It is worth noting that there is no access to the hosting of sites or data”, informs the store.
“Our main account, Instagram @PichauOficial, was not affected, only Instagram
@PichauGaming owned by our brand. We are currently investigating what happened and we are making the necessary arrangements for the return of the account,” the company said, stating that the official sales channel is the official website of pichau.com.br and The store does not request payment via social networks.
instagram scam
One of Picau’s followers on Twitter managed to capture one of the images used to defraud consumers after the attack. Hackers used fake hardware prices attract attention people who follow e-commerce
This type of scam is becoming more and more common on Instagram and not only affects business accounts but presents dangers to everyone on the social network. Scammers after account hacked share fake promotions in storiesas if the owner is getting rid of the things he has at home, for example, he demands payment via Pix.
In addition to selling fake products, another very common scam that occurs on Instagram is the “Urubu do Pix”. After hacking the profile, the cybercriminal posts images in stories that promise to multiply the earnings of transfer senders via Pix, as tested by TecMundo.
Source: Tec Mundo
