Users of the social media platform X (Twitter) have often been left puzzled when they click on a post with an external link but arrive at an entirely unexpected website from the one displayed. A Twitter ad spotted below by a security researcher shows forbes.com as its destination but instead takes you to a Telegram account.
Here's why Twitter sends you to a different site than what you clicked
Submitted 8 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.world 8 months ago
TL;DR: bad actor redirecting X’s bots to well known links. But redirects people to spam sites. The example give was someone pushing crypto.