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title: "As the World Moves to Virtual Live Entertainment Hackers Look to Take Advantage | DuoCircle"
description: "One of the ways the world has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic is to take a lot of the entertainment we used to enjoy live and in person and move it online."
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Phishing attackers are targeting livestreamed events. During an Oakland musicians' Facebook livestream in 2020, scammers spammed the event page with fake livestream links to intercept fan donations. Facebook's April 2020 announcement that musicians could charge for streamed events expanded the attack surface further.

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![Hackers](https://media.mailhop.org/duocircle/images/2020/05/spf-record-4455.jpg) 

_One of the ways the world has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic is to take a lot of the entertainment we used to enjoy live and in person and move it online into the world of virtual entertainment_. The entertainment is still live, but now instead of watching musicians in a bar or theater, you get to watch them live streamed on your smart TV or mobile phone. _The hackers know this, and they are aiming to do something about it_.

Live streaming on Facebook has become a popular platform for virtual entertainment. So, you know it wouldn’t be long before the hackers figured out some way to take advantage of it. From [KQED](https://www.kqed.org/arts/13879830/facebook-phishing-scams-hit-livestreamed-concerts), “Last month, _a Facebook-streamed concert by two well-known Oakland musicians was besieged by **phishing scammers**_. Bombarding the Facebook event page with their own links, the scammers steered fans to another site posing as a [live streaming](https://web.archive.org/web/20230326174345/https://www.veed.io/learn/how-to-live-stream-with-veed) link where they sought to pocket fans’ donations.”

It’s going to get worse. “With Facebook’s April 28 announcement that musicians will soon be able to charge admission to their pages for events streamed on the platform, some musicians fear that **security concerns** will only grow in the coming months.”

[![scammers](https://media.mailhop.org/duocircle/images/2020/05/spf-record-check-5544.jpg)](/phishing-protection/as-the-world-moves-to-virtual-live-entertainment-hackers-look-to-take-advantage/attachment/online-and-phone-fraud-computer-hacker-thief-man-scam-in-social-media-cheating-on-internet-covert-crime-swindler-cybercrime-data-hacking-danger-of-stealing-money-personal-information-vector-2)

The problem is already worse because “_scammers don’t only target performances in progress_.” Theoretically, they could send **phishing emails** with malicious links to lists well in advance of the concert and collect the pre-paid admission fee.

_The world has changed from COVID-19 and so have the scammers_. Now it’s time for users to respond by protecting themselves from phishing scams with **cloud-based email security** software like [Phishing Protection](/email/phishing-protection) available from DuoCircle.

**Phishing Protection** works with all the major email providers, _sets up in minutes and only costs pennies per user per month_.

If you’re going to watch virtual entertainment, and you’re even willing to pay for it, don’t you want to make sure the artist actually gets the money you’re sending them? _Protect yourself and your entertainment with Phishing Protection from [DuoCircle](/)_. Think of it as a tip for the performers.

![Brad Slavin](https://media.mailhop.org/dmarcreport/images/team/brad-slavin.jpg) 

Brad Slavin 

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