Twitter Hacked Inward Massive Bitcoin Scam: Joe Biden, Elon Musk Accounts With Dozens Breached

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     The scammers posted the same message, promising users who give Bitcoin to an concern human relationship listed inward the tweets double their payment inward return, which is a mutual cryptocurrency scam.

     “I am giving dorsum to the community. All Bitcoin sent to the address below volition live on sent dorsum doubled! If you lot ship $1,000, I volition ship dorsum $2,000. Only doing this for xxx minutes,” the tweets read.

     As hackers were even together with thus sending out scam tweets to a greater extent than than an hr later the kickoff accounts were breached, Twitter temporarily prevented all verified accounts from tweeting inward an try to stalk the spread of fifty-fifty to a greater extent than scams, causing momentary chaos for tidings organizations, journalists together with others.

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     As of 6:54 p.m. EST, the scammers appeared to get got received 355 donations netting 12.86131944 BTC, which totals $118,365.30.

     In a tweet thread belatedly Wednesday, the society said hackers gained access to its internal systems through a successful “social engineering attack” against its employees (social engineering is a technique used past times hackers to dupe users into clicking on malicious links or giving away sensitive information past times crafting mistaken emails or other messages.)

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Crucial quote

     “We get got locked accounts that were compromised together with volition restore access to the master concern human relationship possessor exclusively when nosotros are sure enough nosotros tin create together with thus securely,” Twitter said. “Internally, we’ve taken pregnant steps to limit access to internal systems together with tools spell our investigation is ongoing. More updates to come upwards every bit our investigation continues.”

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Key background

     This isn't the kickoff fourth dimension prominent Twitter accounts get got been dependent area to safety issues. Last year, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's profile was breached past times hackers who tweeted the N-word, every bit good every bit the proposition a bomb had been placed at Twitter headquarters. At the time, Twitter said Dorsey's proper substantive upwards number had been compromised, which "allowed an unauthorized somebody to compose together with ship tweets via text message." And inward 2017 a rogue Twitter employee nigh downwards the President Donald Trump’s concern human relationship for eleven minutes on his terminal twenty-four hr catamenia on the job.