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"๐Ÿ’€ If TikTok tells you to paste code, you might end up in the Matrix, fr fr. Itโ€™s a scam, fam! ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’ป"

October 22, 2025
3 days ago
ZDNet
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ””๐Ÿšจ KIDS, WE GOT A CODE RED ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ””๐Ÿšจ If you're that dude who thinks "TikTok tech tips" are the fountain of wisdom ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™‚๏ธโœจ, I'm here to rain on your parade faster than your last Zoom meeting crash! ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ’ฅ So, listen up fam: TikTok is NOT an IT university! ๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿ“‰ Some wannabe coding gurus are serving malware like it's the chef's special! ๐Ÿฅด๐Ÿฝ๏ธ You know how grandma used to warn you about the "free candy van"? Yeah, this is like that, except the van is a TikTok account and the candy is an info-stealing malware thatโ€™ll make you scream โ€œNO CAP!โ€ ๐Ÿš๐Ÿ’” As Senior ISC Handler Xavier Mertens put it (I swear I heard him say this in my dreams): "If you paste that code, you might as well invite hackers to your LAN party." ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿคก Remember when we thought stonks would never go down? This is basically a stock market crash for your computer! ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿš€ And for real? If you see a TikTok with โ€œ๐Ÿ”‘ PASTE THIS CODE FOR FREE V-BUCKS!โ€ or something equally cringey, just ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ. Coping out of this one? Too late! Get ready to seethe when malware steals your grandma's secret cookie recipe! ๐Ÿช๐Ÿ’€ Prediction time: In 6 months, weโ€™ll have the first TikTok millionaire who gets rich by just scrolling through hacker tutorials. I can see the NFT war over "the code that ruined my PC" meme! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŒŒ #TikTokTerror #ScamAlert

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#TikTok#malware#cybersecurity#scams#social engineering
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