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Clickbaity or genius? 'BF cheated on you' QR codes pop up across UK

ID: 655ed174-9670-517a-b63a-8e33c5d345e8

STIX ID: report--655ed174-9670-517a-b63a-8e33c5d345e8

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Date Published: 2024-09-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Ax Sharma

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The piece reports on a UK guerrilla marketing campaign using provocative QR-code posters that lead to Prograd’s side-hustle site, and cautions readers about the broader security risks of scanning public QR codes, which are often abused in scams and phishing. While it frames the tactic as social engineering, it does not describe an actual cyber incident or malicious campaign.

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