A data scientist spotted the six fake accounts somehow receiving the blue checkmarks, which is raising questions over whether Twitter’s verification process is free from manipulation.
(Credit: Twitter) Someone’s found a way to fool Twitter into giving fake accounts a verified blue checkmark. On Monday, a data scientist who goes by the name “Conspirador Norteño” uncovered something odd about six accounts that all recently received a verified badge from Twitter. All the accounts were created on the same day, June 16th. However, none had ever posted a tweet. The other oddity is how the accounts largely had the same 1,000 followers, which appear to have also been faked using new accounts created on June 19th and the 20th. The finding is a bad look for Twitter’s verification process, which doles out special badges to accounts belonging to celebrities, public figures and businesses as a sign their real — and not an imposter.
