Like every year, the antivirus software publisher McAfee published, Tuesday October 8, 2024, the ranking of the celebrities most exploited by computer hackers. Concerning French-speaking stars, this year, it is the Belgian singer Angèle who appears most often in cybercriminals’ scams, reports Clubic .
A consequence of the “Angèle effect” since the Olympics
Hackers are using the popularity of the Belgian singer to lure their victims. During the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, the artist captivated the public and viewers with his cover of Kavinsky’s title, Nightcall . A success which earned the title a streaming release on the Spotify platform and on YouTube.
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Enough to give scammers ideas. According to our colleagues, false songs generated by artificial intelligence have used the image of Angèle, for example. Links from phishing – a technique allowing the recovery of personal data by sending a fraudulent link on which the Internet user is invited to click – featuring the artist were also detected.
Fakes larger than life
Behind the singer, the Franco-American actor Timothée Chalamet and the French actor Pierre Niney complete the podium of the personalities most used by hackers. In the rest of the top 10, we find the influencer Léna Mahfouf, known on social networks as Léna Situations, the singers Céline Dion and Aya Nakamura, the rapper SCH, the videographer Squeezie, the astronaut Thomas Pesquet and the actor Omar Sy.
Vigilance is therefore required during your next searches. Be careful about the links you click on, the products of hackers, such as deepfakes (false images generated by artificial intelligence), are often very realistic. But they only serve one thing: to steal your money.
