Mass Twitter accounts of crypto companies and personalities got hacked! - page 2.

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Everyone wants to some interesting thing from this case?

So, when the hacker makes a transaction from the bitcoin he receives. He makes a hidden message from the bitcoin address he used, here the message:

Source : Cointelegraph

The address he used for make a message is Vanity Address Bitcoin, as you can see on the image he try to make a fud on bitcoin and promoting Monero on this case. What's do you think about this?

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I also noticed several accounts of important exchanges and people related to the world of crypto have suffered a hack all with the same message on which obviously I have not clicked, who knows how they managed to hack so many accounts in a so short time

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I heard the news as well in my local news, they even include Bill Gates and other famous celebrities, and not just everything crypto-related.
Kinda scary how many fell into that kind of scam since many followers believe in their favorite celebrities.
Not to mention that there were like these as well in Youtube but except it was merely a fake channel claiming to double your ETH when you send one.

This incident is different since they are using the real account of those popular crypto exchange and know personality in crypto or in real life. They can easily fools their supporters for posting it in their own channel. That kind of news should spread immediately before many people will deposit on that address and scam many of the their supporters.

Looks like Twitter is not so secured to have an account there since its vulnerable to hacking like this which can be a big problem in the future for personal use Twitter account for updates.

Quote from: Mister.Satan on July 16, 2020, 10:47:54 AM

Although I agree on twitter's fault to let such a vulnerable on their system but still, why would anyone still gullible and fall for a scam like that?

You also can't blame them because the tweet came ifrom a legitimate account and not from a dummy that's why they trusted it.

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Quote from: cheezcarls on July 16, 2020, 06:00:57 AM

And also, check this blockchain transaction here: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh

The hacked tweet from Elon Musk’s account alone has raised 1.5 BTC. My goodness!

Twitter is hevaily liable on this matter. If they were to switch to a decentralized micro-blogging platform where private keys are the only method to access, this wouldn’t have happened!

Although I agree on twitter's fault to let such a vulnerable on their system but still, why would anyone still gullible and fall for a scam like that?

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Quote from: cheezcarls on July 16, 2020, 06:00:57 AM

And also, check this blockchain transaction here: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh

The hacked tweet from Elon Musk’s account alone has raised 1.5 BTC. My goodness!

The toll is now more than 12 btc although new transactions have now stopped coming and the person responsible have already emptied the wallet. This can be the biggest blunder on Twitter's side as this can't be caused by a single person screwing up, then only a single account would have posted this endorsement. I guess the Twitter database have been leaked and for now the hacker group is only targeting the verified accounts for maximum earnings possible.

Quote from: cheezcarls on July 16, 2020, 06:00:57 AM

Twitter is hevaily liable on this matter. If they were to switch to a decentralized micro-blogging platform where private keys are the only method to access, this wouldn’t have happened!

This can be a good alternative, but in case of leak of private key there won't be recovery possible and I don't think that one will be able to recover that account from the control of hacker and also wouldn't be able to block the attacker from accessing the account since login only uses private key of the user.

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We've been seeing that method of scam and anyone who actually fell for that is extremely greedy. How on earth will anyone for instance think Bezos will request for BTC from followers, promising to double it? Any wise person who is not carried away by greed should easily spot the scam attempt. However, Twitter should tighten their security it should serve as a call to upgrade.

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I heard the news as well in my local news, they even include Bill Gates and other famous celebrities, and not just everything crypto-related.
Kinda scary how many fell into that kind of scam since many followers believe in their favorite celebrities.
Not to mention that there were like these as well in Youtube but except it was merely a fake channel claiming to double your ETH when you send one.

Really? That's shocking news! However, I think people with experiences will not believe in those tricks. Americans usually say "too good to be true". I don't think a lot of people with understandings, knowledge, experience about this cryptocurrency market will fall into this trick. However, there are many people who don't know about the risk of being scammed in this market, they probably will be fooled!

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Quote from: asyakashi on July 15, 2020, 06:31:13 PM

I don't understand their link whether they are spreading panic or anything to commit a crime.
I consider this a crime that was committed neatly and planned.
We recommend that you carefully access social media and are not interested in clicking on any suspicious links.

I'd never click the link either for security reasons and much better not to try it anymore.

This huge hacking of twitter accounts is really alarming and it really affects the reputation of known personalities whos account has been a victim to this surprise. This is an unusual thing but hackers likely to join the Guinness world of records...

This hacking event will likely send us a message to be more aware and must be careful in dealing with links especially when it looks suspicious.

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Quote from: cheezcarls on July 15, 2020, 03:12:39 PM

..."We have partnered with CryptoForHealth and are giving back 5000 BTC to the community. See more here: cryptoforhealth.com"...

I consider such offers unrealistic and therefore do not click on such links. But there are also those who fell for this scam. I saw such information that hackers managed to get 0.7BTC. This is not a lot of money when compared to the fact that a lot of well-known accounts were involved in this scam.

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it was rumored that the hacker was able to access one of the twitter admin account control panel after his account got hacked. the method on how the attack was made is still unknown. possibly using an Email scams in which the admin failed for it. we awaits for more news on that issue. it is a surprise that people still fall for such scam.

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And also, check this blockchain transaction here: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh

The hacked tweet from Elon Musk’s account alone has raised 1.5 BTC. My goodness!

The images above are posted from a guy who is on a crypto-related Facebook group.

Twitter is hevaily liable on this matter. If they were to switch to a decentralized micro-blogging platform where private keys are the only method to access, this wouldn’t have happened!

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Quote from: r32godzilla on July 16, 2020, 04:44:46 AM

It would be nice to find out how they hack all of these accounts, the only way how hackers get access to the accounts is a phishing attack and if it confirms, then there would be more problems in the future. The last big phishing attack cost Binance around 40 million USD, so it would be nice to predict hacker´s move.

It's still become a big question and some crypto platforms have already offered the bounty to discover the hacker or try to reveal the identity of the hacker. Twitter must also learn a lot from this case as so many people were getting big loss.

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Quote from: Retainly_Collie on July 16, 2020, 01:14:35 AM

Well, this will seriously affect the reputation of Twitter. They were hacked and popular accounts in this market were hacked and posted fake posts. In the near future we need to be really careful because everything can happen in this market

Twitter's reputation going to be collapsed after this incident. Severe them right to try to be a political correctness place for snowflakes. Did they recently try to use a more "correctly" term in the programming language like "blacklist" to become "allowlist" because of poc? Gee, if they spent their human resource toward secure their system then they won't be in a hot spot right now.

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on July 16, 2020, 04:51:37 AM

Crypto investors are now smarter than before and these kind of scams will not work for them although I believe that there are some who got fall into this kind of scamming.

In my part, I will not fall into this kind of scam even though it came from a popular person like Bill Gates or Elon Musk or anybody related to crypto. For some investors out there, think twice before making a decision. Coming from a popular person doesn't mean that it is legit already especially now that hacking is being done more frequently. The security system of these platforms must upgrade too as hackers are also evolving.

but it turns out there are some people who are still falling into this trap. Send x get 2x... crazy. Stories like this have become more frequent lately. YouTube, Instagram , now twitter ... what next?

That is because most of the time, hackers are using popularity to get their victims,

Just like OP posted, they targeted the social media accounts of those crypto companies that is surely followed by many people. Even if it is suspicious to most of us, there are still some people who will fall from this trap.

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on July 16, 2020, 04:51:37 AM

Crypto investors are now smarter than before and these kind of scams will not work for them although I believe that there are some who got fall into this kind of scamming.

In my part, I will not fall into this kind of scam even though it came from a popular person like Bill Gates or Elon Musk or anybody related to crypto. For some investors out there, think twice before making a decision. Coming from a popular person doesn't mean that it is legit already especially now that hacking is being done more frequently. The security system of these platforms must upgrade too as hackers are also evolving.

but it turns out there are some people who are still falling into this trap. Send x get 2x... crazy. Stories like this have become more frequent lately. YouTube, Instagram , now twitter ... what next?

So many social media channels nowadays. Younger generation are crazy about these stuffs. So it's not surprising if a lot of people are being screwed by scammers due to these social media apps. We need to be vigilant with these things. If the offer is too good to be true, expect that there's something fraudulent about it.

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Crypto investors are now smarter than before and these kind of scams will not work for them although I believe that there are some who got fall into this kind of scamming.

In my part, I will not fall into this kind of scam even though it came from a popular person like Bill Gates or Elon Musk or anybody related to crypto. For some investors out there, think twice before making a decision. Coming from a popular person doesn't mean that it is legit already especially now that hacking is being done more frequently. The security system of these platforms must upgrade too as hackers are also evolving.

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It would be nice to find out how they hack all of these accounts, the only way how hackers get access to the accounts is a phishing attack and if it confirms, then there would be more problems in the future. The last big phishing attack cost Binance around 40 million USD, so it would be nice to predict hacker´s move.

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Quote from: Ken_terrance on July 16, 2020, 01:58:26 AM

I just like the fact that crypto investors are now smarter,

Most of those crypto investors learned from past experiences, though there are still newcomers who are still prone being caught.

Quote from: Ken_terrance on July 16, 2020, 01:58:26 AM

I believe if someone had to fall for that trick it would be someone who have no experience about crypto space at all,

Someone who are not doing their homework before releasing their money are mostly become a victims.

Quote from: Ken_terrance on July 16, 2020, 01:58:26 AM

those hackers would leave with pennies I'm sure but there is no way to know, let's keep protecting ourselves, it's very important

It's a must to protect yourself while you are actively participating to this market, never to follow any promises that's too good to be true.

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thanks for the info . now i know why i see lots of news feed related to twitter hacks on the homepage of my browser but i didnt viewed them yet as im too busy . now my question is how can the hacker access all of those accounts , or its also the twitters fault because they dont update thier security to the latest . lets us warn other people and comunity if we are a member of them so that no new people will fall for it because this is one of the serious scam in the history of crypto

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Quote from: cheezcarls on July 15, 2020, 03:12:39 PM

They all have the same tweet from the hackers themselves:

"We have partnered with CryptoForHealth and are giving back 5000 BTC to the community. See more here: cryptoforhealth.com"

The Twitter accounts that have been hacked are Binance, CZ Binance, Gemini, Coinbase, KUCOIN, Justin Sun, TRON Foundation, Charlie Lee, etc. I just can't believe how these hackers accessed their Twitter accounts. My goodness!!!

Has anyone encountered these tweets from the hackers using these accounts I've mentioned above?

I have not used twitter since it got hacked 2 years ago i just know how weak the security features of Twitter so it's not really surprising to me, the Crypto community need a twitter like service to serve the community and don;'t just rely to a centralized sites like Twitter and Facebook because of this hacking so many investors are losing money.

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