Twitter shares soared as fake sites reported that "Twitter will be acquired", the US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating


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"America's news site reporting that Twitter is proposing to buy at 31 billion dollars (about 3.8 trillion yen)"Bloomberg BusinessA fake site that imitated 'Twitter stocks showed a sharp rise. About this matter, Twitter denies the acquisition and the US Securities and Exchange Commission investigates fake sites on suspicion of stock manipulation.

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The fake site found this time is a site that copied the design of the news site "Bloomberg Business" as it is, and the URL and the domain also seems to be wrong "bloomberg.com" of the head family and "bloomberg.market" It was used. In the article, "According to an expert, Twitter received an offer of acquisition, it is working closely with the bank" was written. The domain name "bloomberg.market" is currently suspended.

Screenshot of fake site below.


"Bloomberg.market" was created on July 10, 2015, and the domain was registered in Panama. According to cyber security experts, there is no need for high technology to create a fake site, and you can easily create similarly designed sites. The domain was acquired anonymously, and the security countermeasure companyRSARob Sadowski, who is the leader of the technical department, said, "It will take several months to locate the fake site creator."

Twitter's share price in the first quarter of 2015It was depressed from 50 dollars (about 6200 yen) to 30 dollars (about 3700 yen)However, when the rumor of Twitter acquisition was reported, the stock price soared to 38.82 dollars (about 4800 yen) at a time. At the time of writing the article is settled around 36 dollars (about 4700 yen), but the stock price has risen more than before the fake site appeared.


Ty Trippet, a spokesman for Bloomberg, has tweeted on his Twitter "The story of acquisition is a lie" in response to the appearance of this fake site.

The Twitter spokesperson also commented, "The article is fake," and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is conducting a survey as if market operations were carried out using fake sites I will.

A fake article that led to the sharp rise in Twitter stock, US SEC investigated - stakeholder - Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.co.jp/news/123-NRI11M6JIJV301.html

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