A fake account with the handle @EliLillyandCo posted this on Twitter last week Eli Lilly and Co LLY is Giving away free insulin.
In response to the fake report, the company clarified that the account sending the message was not the actual pharma giant’s Twitter handle. The company took to Twitter and apologized for the misleading tweet.
We apologize to anyone who received a misleading message from a fake Lilly account. Our official Twitter account is @LillyPad.
— Eli Lilly and Company (@LillyPad) November 10, 2022
The @EliLillyandCo Twitter account had a blue tick indicating the account was legitimate. Someone posing as the company spokesman wrote: “We are pleased to announce that insulin is now free.”
according to a reportthe fake Eli Lilly post has now been flagged as a parody profile.
The incident now raises questions about the Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s Announcing a subscription service by paying $8 a month for the Twitter Blue Mark.
Just cost Twitter Blue Tweet Eli Lilly $LLY billion?
Yes. pic.twitter.com/w4RtJwgCVK
— Rafael Shimunov is on Mastodon (@rafaelshimunov) November 11, 2022
The pranksters were able to create a fake account on Twitter by paying the amount and receiving a blue flag advertising it as an authentic account.
Similarly, someone has embodied Lockheed Martin Corp LMTand using a fake Twitter Blue account, said the company is halting arms sales to a number of countries.
Lockheed Martin shares are down more than 5% each day after a Twitter Blue verified account posed as the defense company and said it was halting sales to certain countries, including the US
Similar declines at Eli Lilly following a fraudulent Twitter account. $LMT $LLY pic.twitter.com/TTQrmGUyCV
– David Slotnick david_slotnick@mastodon.world (@David_Slotnick) November 11, 2022
The company’s stock on Friday decreased by more than 5%.
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