Twitter hack
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Grey_Beard
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Here is what I just received. It’s The Times, so you may need an account.
www.nytimes.com
“The accounts sent messages related to cyptocurrency, with most of the messages promising to double the money of anyone who sent Bitcoin to a specific cryptocurrency wallet. Within hours of the tweets appearing, nearly 300 people had fallen for the scam, sending more than $100,000 to the wallet.”
Edit: Quote from article. More updates to follow.
A Brazen Online Attack Targets V.I.P. Twitter Users in a Bitcoin Scam (Published 2020)
In a major show of force, hackers breached some of the site’s most prominent accounts, a Who’s Who of Americans in politics, entertainment and tech.
“The accounts sent messages related to cyptocurrency, with most of the messages promising to double the money of anyone who sent Bitcoin to a specific cryptocurrency wallet. Within hours of the tweets appearing, nearly 300 people had fallen for the scam, sending more than $100,000 to the wallet.”
Edit: Quote from article. More updates to follow.
MomentsofSanity
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Unlikely a Twitter hack, I’d put my money down on those people using a third party apps or services that has access to on their behalf that was compromised instead.
KMFJD
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Large Scale Twitter Hack Rocks Crypto World - The Daily Chain
A massive attack on crypto twitter occurred in the early afternoon. This Twitter hack is unprecedented in the...
thedailychain.com
i saw the wallet get to 12 btc before they emptied it...amazing
Well, this is more than slightly scary given the extent to which our Dear Leader relies on Twitter.
Blackjack200
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Hearing that all verified accounts are unable to post new tweets while twitter figures this out. They can retweet though...
Fanatical Meat
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I heard the 100k figure too, once again twitter proves they have the best morons.Here is what I just received. It’s The Times, so you may need an account.
A Brazen Online Attack Targets V.I.P. Twitter Users in a Bitcoin Scam (Published 2020)
In a major show of force, hackers breached some of the site’s most prominent accounts, a Who’s Who of Americans in politics, entertainment and tech.
“The accounts sent messages related to cyptocurrency, with most of the messages promising to double the money of anyone who sent Bitcoin to a specific cryptocurrency wallet. Within hours of the tweets appearing, nearly 300 people had fallen for the scam, sending more than $100,000 to the wallet.”
Edit: Quote from article. More updates to follow.
Who the fuck pops a couple of hundred dollars down on some random link?
Scratch that question. I know who....a moron does.
Dulanic
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I looked at the Bitcoin history,it's right. And yes what idiots. It's a obvious scam.
Address: bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh
The most popular and trusted block explorer and crypto transaction search engine.
Welp, I can say with certainty that those who fell for it are not EVE players....
It seems access to gain control to these accounts was obtained through phishing emails, who the hell still falls for those?. Who the hell is dumb enough to think these users would actually return 100% on a "special deal" only good for the next 1/2 hour. Jesus I didn't think people were THAT F-ing gullible,
Looks like an inside job.
www.vice.com
Not sure what the point was, only got ~$100k
Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts
After a wave of account takeovers, screenshots of an internal Twitter user administration tool are being shared in the hacking underground.
www.vice.com
Not sure what the point was, only got ~$100k
ch33zw1z
Lifer
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Looks like an inside job.
Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts
After a wave of account takeovers, screenshots of an internal Twitter user administration tool are being shared in the hacking underground.
Not sure what the point was, only got ~$100k
Yikes
Looks like an inside job.
Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts
After a wave of account takeovers, screenshots of an internal Twitter user administration tool are being shared in the hacking underground.
Not sure what the point was, only got ~$100k
I highly doubt the bitcoin stuff was the impetus, and is more a diversion (get people to think it was just that). Just like the Russian hacks prior to 2016 election, where they used ransomware (just listened to a Darknet Diaries episode about it), but getting the money was never the goal of it. I'm not saying this is Russia (I wouldn't rule them out either though). Time will tell more, but they might have been using it as a means of accessing other info or installing other malware.
You guys might wanna slow your roll on this type of response, as I have a strong hunch neither of those is how this went down, as that Vice link is already indicating it was via an inside job. And I also have a strong hunch that the bitcoin shit was not the end goal, more either a diversion or kinda a "tag" showing they accomplished the goal. That would actually probably be the best case scenario (that it was some low level hackers that managed to get some disgruntled Twitter employees to give them access in exchange for some money in an attempt to fleece a bunch of bitcoin quick by hitting big accounts. I am very skeptical though as there were a lot of other accounts that weren't that were breached.
Fanatical Meat
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^^^^Yeah, starting to wonder if September to November we start hearing about “Twitter” leaks where Biden was DM’ing Maxwell about young girls and Bill Gates was Dm’ing her too plus talking about all the money he could make off a vaccine
Yup, I am strongly inclined to suspect the bitcoin stuff was a diversion as well. $100k is chump change for a breach of this magnitude.
UNCjigga
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Interesting. I was thinking it was a proof of concept hack that might impress some not-so-friendly state actors. But the security policies are likely changing as a result, so not sure this would be as effective a 2nd time.
Really curious to know if hackers were able to download DM message history for the affected accounts—or if they looked at any other accounts they didn’t tweet btc wallet message from.
hal2kilo
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That's what I got from the statement they made and not in an obvious way. I had to take a cybersecurity quiz every friggin year, for the last 15 years I was working. Email security module was very thorough.
Probably got to their ego. Kingfishing.
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And apparently the whole thing was masterminded by a 17 yr-old in Tampa, FL.
www.wfla.com
And some people say our teenagers aren't as smart as in years past. This one seems to be doing okay - except for the getting caught part.
Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack that targeted high-profile accounts
A Tampa teenager is in jail, accused of being the “mastermind” behind a hack on the social media website Twitter that caused limited access to the site and high-profile accounts, accord…
www.wfla.com
And some people say our teenagers aren't as smart as in years past. This one seems to be doing okay - except for the getting caught part.
hal2kilo
Lifer
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What no Neo?And apparently the whole thing was masterminded by a 17 yr-old in Tampa, FL.
Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack that targeted high-profile accounts
A Tampa teenager is in jail, accused of being the “mastermind” behind a hack on the social media website Twitter that caused limited access to the site and high-profile accounts, accord…
And some people say our teenagers aren't as smart as in years past. This one seems to be doing okay - except for the getting caught part.
Honestly, I would have expected some shady crime grouping from Russia or gov't sponsored haxors from North Korea long before Florida Boy...
In retrospect, it seems the brashness of this scam is only equalled by its stupidity. An insider at Twitter (who will get his life ruined) and a juvenile, whom will likely get his life ruined too. All around top notch decision making there!
Fanatical Meat
Lifer
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And apparently the whole thing was masterminded by a 17 yr-old in Tampa, FL.
Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack that targeted high-profile accounts
A Tampa teenager is in jail, accused of being the “mastermind” behind a hack on the social media website Twitter that caused limited access to the site and high-profile accounts, accord…
And some people say our teenagers aren't as smart as in years past. This one seems to be doing okay - except for the getting caught part.
This^^^^
Someone hire this guy to work with the NSA to mess with Russia, China and Iran.
We have the best Trolls & top tier hackers, we should put them to work.
But this wasn’t a top tier hack job. Sure he was probably friends with the insider guy was only reason he was able to orchestrate this
Fanatical Meat
Lifer
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Just seems fairly clever how he got it done. Social Engineering absolutely is a skill.
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