Twitter hacked in Bitcoin scam
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Twitter hacked in Bitcoin scam
Some major rumblings in the dark side about how these hackers obtained write access. Anyway, these hackers made a quick couple hundred thousand before there scam was shut down after a couple hours. Story still developing. from Oregon Live/AP: Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies Wednesday in an apparent Bitcoin scam.
The ruse included bogus tweets from former President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Celebrities Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian West, were also hacked. The fake tweets tweets offered to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to an anonymous Bitcoin address.
There is no evidence that the owners of these accounts were targeted themselves. Instead, the hacks appeared designed to lure their Twitter followers into sending money to an anonymous Bitcoin account. The Biden campaign, for instance, said that Twitter’s integrity team “locked down the account within a few minutes of the breach and removed the related tweet.”
Obama's office had no immediate comment.
In a tweet, Twitter noted only that it was aware of a “security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.” The San Francisco company said it is investigating and promised an update shortly. It did not reply immediately to requests for comment.
The apparently fake tweets were all quickly deleted, although The Associated Press was able to capture screenshots of several before they disappeared.
Bezos, Gates and Musk are among the 10 richest people in the world, with tens of millions of followers on Twitter. The three men are worth a combined $362 billion, according to the latest calculations by Forbes magazine.
The same bogus offer cropped up a second on Musk's account, which has a history of sometimes befuddling tweets from the eccentric billionaire. Tesla didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Gates, who has become one of the world’s leading philanthropists since stepping down as Microsoft CEO, confirmed the tweet wasn’t from him. “This appears to be part of a larger issue that Twitter is facing,” a spokesperson for the billionaire said in a statement.
Among the political figures targeted, the hack mostly appeared to target Democrats or other figures on the left, drawing comparisons to the 2016 campaign. U.S. intelligence agencies established that Russia engaged in coordinated attempts to interfere in those U.S. elections through social media tampering and various hacks, including targeting the various campaigns and major party organizations.
--The Associated Press https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2020/ ... -scam.html
The ruse included bogus tweets from former President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Celebrities Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian West, were also hacked. The fake tweets tweets offered to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to an anonymous Bitcoin address.
There is no evidence that the owners of these accounts were targeted themselves. Instead, the hacks appeared designed to lure their Twitter followers into sending money to an anonymous Bitcoin account. The Biden campaign, for instance, said that Twitter’s integrity team “locked down the account within a few minutes of the breach and removed the related tweet.”
Obama's office had no immediate comment.
In a tweet, Twitter noted only that it was aware of a “security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.” The San Francisco company said it is investigating and promised an update shortly. It did not reply immediately to requests for comment.
The apparently fake tweets were all quickly deleted, although The Associated Press was able to capture screenshots of several before they disappeared.
Bezos, Gates and Musk are among the 10 richest people in the world, with tens of millions of followers on Twitter. The three men are worth a combined $362 billion, according to the latest calculations by Forbes magazine.
The same bogus offer cropped up a second on Musk's account, which has a history of sometimes befuddling tweets from the eccentric billionaire. Tesla didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Gates, who has become one of the world’s leading philanthropists since stepping down as Microsoft CEO, confirmed the tweet wasn’t from him. “This appears to be part of a larger issue that Twitter is facing,” a spokesperson for the billionaire said in a statement.
Among the political figures targeted, the hack mostly appeared to target Democrats or other figures on the left, drawing comparisons to the 2016 campaign. U.S. intelligence agencies established that Russia engaged in coordinated attempts to interfere in those U.S. elections through social media tampering and various hacks, including targeting the various campaigns and major party organizations.
--The Associated Press https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2020/ ... -scam.html
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“In a tweet, Twitter noted only that it was aware of a “security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.”
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
The scammers could have easily gotten a lot more. Simply offer a meet & greet on high profile accounts in return for some Bitcoin. Sounds more legit than doubling your money.
But hey, just copy/paste what others are doing so we can avoid using our brain.
But hey, just copy/paste what others are doing so we can avoid using our brain.
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“In a tweet, Twitter noted only that it was aware of a “security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.” and that users should send Bitcoin to the wallet provided to "receive double the amount in return".
And somebidy actually did it???starkmonster wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:09 am“In a tweet, Twitter noted only that it was aware of a “security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.” and that users should send Bitcoin to the wallet provided to "receive double the amount in return".
Yes. KungfufighterRobW wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:15 pmAnd somebidy actually did it???starkmonster wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:09 am“In a tweet, Twitter noted only that it was aware of a “security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.” and that users should send Bitcoin to the wallet provided to "receive double the amount in return".
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It sounds like you pissed yourself.Puddles wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:44 pmYes. KungfufighterRobW wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:15 pmAnd somebidy actually did it???starkmonster wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:09 am“In a tweet, Twitter noted only that it was aware of a “security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.” and that users should send Bitcoin to the wallet provided to "receive double the amount in return".
Up the workers!
Pineapplecoin for KFF/SCC.Puddles wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:44 pmYes. KungfufighterRobW wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:15 pmAnd somebidy actually did it???starkmonster wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:09 am“In a tweet, Twitter noted only that it was aware of a “security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.” and that users should send Bitcoin to the wallet provided to "receive double the amount in return".
After all dogecoin worked and that was supposed to be a joke.
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There's thousands of these scams posted on YouTube etc all the time. I watch a crypto news channel and there's always some slimeball trying to scam people. Usually by pretending to be somebody famous who will give you 50 bitcoins if you send him one.
I'd post a vid, but most are taken down almost immediately by the community.
Here's a recent list.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/ ... view#gid=0
I'd post a vid, but most are taken down almost immediately by the community.
Here's a recent list.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/ ... view#gid=0
Up the workers!
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and greed. I may not be too clever at times but I lack greed, so wouldn't get caught out by such a thing (famous last words).
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The bitcoin scam may just have been a distraction. It's looking like an employee was compromised.
Maybe it was a probe into Twatter's security. I'm hoping there's a dump of private tweets, reminiscent of 2016 and the DNC hack. It's interesting that Trump's wasn't compromised.
Maybe it was a probe into Twatter's security. I'm hoping there's a dump of private tweets, reminiscent of 2016 and the DNC hack. It's interesting that Trump's wasn't compromised.
I suspect that this may be what happened as the bitcoin thing really does seem like a poor use of such a high level intrusion. Then again maybe the hackers were just common level scammers who hit the jackpot but didn’t have enough brains to come up with anything better to do with their success.Hot_Pink_Urinal_Mint wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 6:07 pmThe bitcoin scam may just have been a distraction. It's looking like an employee was compromised.
Maybe it was a probe into Twatter's security. I'm hoping there's a dump of private tweets, reminiscent of 2016 and the DNC hack. It's interesting that Trump's wasn't compromised.
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