This has been happening with stocks for quite some time e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Sykes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Sykes which inclu

This has been happening with stocks for quite some time e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Sykes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Sykes which included bots, astroturfing and fake soc net profiles.