Across Threads, popular posts are increasingly drawing a familiar kind of reply in the form of nonsense text paired with grainy images and invented headlines about MrBeast.

As Engadget reported, those odd comments are not just random clutter. Instead, they tie into a much broader cryptocurrency scam operation.

What’s happening?

According to the outlet’s investigation, many of the fake MrBeast replies spreading across Threads are linked to a network behind more than 10,000 malicious “crypto casino” websites.

Infoblox staff security researcher Zach Edwards traced the effort to a large group of scam sites that use…