But obviously Twitter employees are main suspects
It's easier to prove that someone else did it than to prove that you didn't do it. A smart black-hat Twitter employee would set it up so that it frames some other user for the act they provided, using the plausible deniability of, "my account was compromised," wherein even in the event of any financial ramifications, they get to go mostly scot-free with the loot they were able to acquire. 
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July 28, 2020, 05:59:41 PM
July 28, 2020, 04:47:48 PM
I'm thinking more about those people who were greedy enough to believe all that shit even if it is from few of the most highly trusted as well as followed Twitter accounts. If Binance comes up with a scheme some day and asks you to deposit BTC0.01 in it and they'll return BTC0.02 in a matter of minutes or hours, would you hand over your BTC even without giving it a thought of suspect that it can be a scam?
July 28, 2020, 01:59:15 PM
That’s a lousy scam tactic but many people still fall for it specially those who are new to this market. I don’t know why but I kind of admire hackers for the types of stunts they pull out every time just like this one. Hacking accounts of so many well-known people are not an easy task and involves a lot of risk still somehow, they manage to surprise us.
People who fall for this kind of scams surely learn the lesson that they will want to hold on for the rest of their life i.e. money doesn’t come that easy, you need to work for it. The same scam tactic is used by some hackers using the name of Binance which is carried out by making telegram groups.
People who fall for this kind of scams surely learn the lesson that they will want to hold on for the rest of their life i.e. money doesn’t come that easy, you need to work for it. The same scam tactic is used by some hackers using the name of Binance which is carried out by making telegram groups.
July 27, 2020, 10:36:30 AM
unless it is sombedy that has acess to the admin panel
Base on the report it is, one of the employee's account was compromised which has access/manage the verified twitter accounts and not an inside job.
July 24, 2020, 03:54:47 PM
unless it is sombedy that has acess to the admin panel
Base on the report it is, one of the employee's account was compromised which has access/manage the verified twitter accounts and not an inside job. July 24, 2020, 09:25:20 AM
I think this hack and steal of funds was done by an employee of Twitter that has present himself as a hacker to keep his anonymous identity , no one can breach the security of a site like twitter unless it is sombedy that has acess to the admin panel
July 18, 2020, 07:05:44 AM
This is really bad we just found out that these social media account have a weak security and although they are making millions of dollars they are not investing more on security, or hackers are more sophisticated than their security it's really time to beef up their security
July 17, 2020, 06:59:12 PM
Am I the only one who doubts this is a cyber war financed by the Chinese government?
Because we know US is considering about banning Tiktok due to privacy issues so Chinese are trying to price American companies securities suck by hacking almost every popular individuals.
And also lot of Youtube accounts got hacked yesterday and starts live streaming about bitcoin,ethereum, Vechain giveaways.
YouTube accounts have been doing those scam streams for a very long time - if you think that's China, best take a seat and get used to the status quo! Though it's possible that it is a foreign power that is doing this kind of attack, I don't think it's wise to discount the very simple explanation of "some nerd found an exploit" because if you have ever worked as a programmer in a large company, then you know how trash things are. Who's to say that it wouldn't be like the Equifax incident? Someone fibbed something here, fucked something there, and then boom: huge problem.Because we know US is considering about banning Tiktok due to privacy issues so Chinese are trying to price American companies securities suck by hacking almost every popular individuals.
And also lot of Youtube accounts got hacked yesterday and starts live streaming about bitcoin,ethereum, Vechain giveaways.
but one things for sure that Twitters reputation is at stake on here and they do gradually look bad as this issue havent resolved yet.
July 17, 2020, 12:57:44 PM
Am I the only one who doubts this is a cyber war financed by the Chinese government?
Because we know US is considering about banning Tiktok due to privacy issues so Chinese are trying to price American companies securities suck by hacking almost every popular individuals.
And also lot of Youtube accounts got hacked yesterday and starts live streaming about bitcoin,ethereum, Vechain giveaways.
YouTube accounts have been doing those scam streams for a very long time - if you think that's China, best take a seat and get used to the status quo! Though it's possible that it is a foreign power that is doing this kind of attack, I don't think it's wise to discount the very simple explanation of "some nerd found an exploit" because if you have ever worked as a programmer in a large company, then you know how trash things are. Who's to say that it wouldn't be like the Equifax incident? Someone fibbed something here, fucked something there, and then boom: huge problem. Because we know US is considering about banning Tiktok due to privacy issues so Chinese are trying to price American companies securities suck by hacking almost every popular individuals.
And also lot of Youtube accounts got hacked yesterday and starts live streaming about bitcoin,ethereum, Vechain giveaways.
July 17, 2020, 09:48:08 AM
Definitely twitter I going to face lot of criticism due to this hack if they confirm it has been done by someone remotely that is why they are trying to blame the unknown employee to these hacks?
It will be a backlash, not just coming from crypto enthusiast, but the people who got hack. Remember, those involved as some of the well known personalities around the world. If you read the bleepingcomputer article, A US senator already called Jack Dorsey to coordinate with FBI and DoJ to find the hackers and tell us what really happened. The only one to blame here is Twitter itself. But they have to find it out if this is a inside job or not and of course fire the employee.Because we know US is considering about banning Tiktok due to privacy issues so Chinese are trying to price American companies securities suck by hacking almost every popular individuals.
And also lot of Youtube accounts got hacked yesterday and starts live streaming about bitcoin,ethereum, Vechain giveaways.
July 17, 2020, 04:10:46 AM
Definitely twitter I going to face lot of criticism due to this hack if they confirm it has been done by someone remotely that is why they are trying to blame the unknown employee to these hacks?
It will be a backlash, not just coming from crypto enthusiast, but the people who got hack. Remember, those involved as some of the well known personalities around the world. If you read the bleepingcomputer article, A US senator already called Jack Dorsey to coordinate with FBI and DoJ to find the hackers and tell us what really happened. The only one to blame here is Twitter itself. But they have to find it out if this is a inside job or not and of course fire the employee. July 17, 2020, 01:43:36 AM
Definitely twitter is going to face lot of criticism due to this hack if they confirm it has been done by someone remotely that is why they are trying to blame the unknown employee to these hacks?
July 16, 2020, 09:40:02 PM
.......
How the hell did this attacks happen?
How the hell did this attacks happen?
How the attacked happened:
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"We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools," Twitter explained five hours into the incident investigation.
"We know they used this access to take control of many highly-visible (including verified) accounts and tweet on their behalf. We’re looking into what other malicious activity they may have conducted or information they may have accessed and will share more here as we have it."
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/scammers-hacked-twitter-and-hijacked-accounts-using-admin-tool/"We know they used this access to take control of many highly-visible (including verified) accounts and tweet on their behalf. We’re looking into what other malicious activity they may have conducted or information they may have accessed and will share more here as we have it."
It's also possible that a twitter employee was knowingly or unknowingly working with the hackers.
Here's a screenshot of twitter's internal user admin panel shared by the hackers:
This is still unconfirmed by Twitter but it looks like they already disabled posting cryptocurrency addresses as a counter measure. That's definitely not going to prevent future hacks but it can be an inconvenience to them.
- I got the information from gentlemand's post https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.54809644
July 16, 2020, 11:55:46 AM
Bigger problem is the fact that the situation is even possible: the fact that there is a tweet backdoor does not bode well for the future of Twitter, especially when we are concerned about legitimate and free thought... though I'm certain that censorship has gone on for many years whether the company would like to admit it or not.
This has little to do with the user's personal security: do you really think that this would happen without the inclusion of some Twitter-based flaw?
This has little to do with the user's personal security: do you really think that this would happen without the inclusion of some Twitter-based flaw?
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July 16, 2020, 11:52:17 AM
Twitter account that listed above has a strong security. How come this hacker have access on it. Maybe an inside job from twitter employee? What do you think?
I don't think this is an insider's job, if someone from twitter done this then they will get caught easily so these are done by the real hackers who knows how to breach the strong security features.This is a coordinated hacking and someone really inside the twitter company who tipped off the hacker outside. It's nearly impossible for a hacker to breach one the most secured system unless he has access from the engineering inside. And also it will not be an easy job to detect who do an inside job though because you will review ALL the employee.
I don't know how they got access to those well-secured accounts, just like what they said they have 2FA, etc. It's still a mystery,
most likely an api attacks. some twitter apps has the privileges to tweet in the user timeline, like those followed/unfollowed stats. so, most likely one of the apps was hacked or the hacker found a bug on the twitter api, and use it to spam the scam link to any user who use it.
Do you think verified account like Biden and Elon Musk will click random spam link? This is not a simple hacking.
July 16, 2020, 08:07:48 AM
In the last one hour, A number of popular crypto-related Twitter accounts have be hacked. A message about a partnership with a company called Crypto For Health appears on the Twitter accounts of some leading crypto companies.
The hacked accounts so far are That of
1. Binance
2. Coinbase
3. Kucoin
4. Gemini
5. TRON Foundation
6. CZ Binance
7. Charlie Lee [LTC
8. Bitfinex
9. Justin Sun
10. Ripple
11. Elon Musk
Some screenshots of posts of hacked accounts
More details in this article: https://cryptopotato.com/breaking-scam-alert-binance-coinbase-and-other-major-crypto-twitter-accounts-hacked/
The scammer's address has so far collected 2.80969451 BTC / 25,981.47 USD
How the hell did this attacks happen?
The hacked accounts so far are That of
1. Binance
2. Coinbase
3. Kucoin
4. Gemini
5. TRON Foundation
6. CZ Binance
7. Charlie Lee [LTC
8. Bitfinex
9. Justin Sun
10. Ripple
11. Elon Musk
Some screenshots of posts of hacked accounts
More details in this article: https://cryptopotato.com/breaking-scam-alert-binance-coinbase-and-other-major-crypto-twitter-accounts-hacked/
The scammer's address has so far collected 2.80969451 BTC / 25,981.47 USD
How the hell did this attacks happen?
This is so big hacking incident happen but the hacking is so wide since there are huge US personalities are included with the recent hacking of twitter accounts you can see it here https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53425822
And what is the saddest part here is the bitcoin itself called scam and might this will cause bad impact with bitcoins presence.
July 16, 2020, 07:37:07 AM
Luckily the incoming transactions into that address has stopped in the last few hours and I had seen a blog from coinbase official they really blocked every transaction from their wallet to that mentioned address.
July 16, 2020, 06:21:17 AM
I don't know how they got access to those well-secured accounts, just like what they said they have 2FA, etc. It's still a mystery,
most likely an api attacks. some twitter apps has the privileges to tweet in the user timeline, like those followed/unfollowed stats. so, most likely one of the apps was hacked or the hacker found a bug on the twitter api, and use it to spam the scam link to any user who use it.
July 16, 2020, 05:53:43 AM
Twitter account that listed above has a strong security. How come this hacker have access on it. Maybe an inside job from twitter employee? What do you think?
I don't think this is an insider's job, if someone from twitter done this then they will get caught easily so these are done by the real hackers who knows how to breach the strong security features.But why recovering the hacked accounts doesn't take place yet it should have been done in real quick to save people.12.84 BTC received at the moment which values more than 110K in dollars, but the address has only 0.009 BTC left so they keep moving all the received funds.
Yes, they moved the Bitcoin they'd collected little by little into different Bitcoin addresses and some are turned into small fractions. But I think it's not yet converted into fiat or other currency, they might use Bitcoin mixing service for the to have completely anonymity. I followed one big transaction that has 2 Bitcoin and landed into this Bitcoin wallet address.Is there any response from Twitter side about these mass hack of crypto related platforms?
Of course, the twitter company, they had weak security and that's why they had been breached. 
July 15, 2020, 10:51:04 PM
I'm surprised that people have that extra crypto to donate to that scam attempt and have received a lot of BTC too.
Maybe people are feeling good to help as well, and it's their generosity that may be considered sending that crypto. Since the best exchanges "official twitter accounts" have tweeted that (I checked the accounts, but the tweet doesn't exist anymore), it made them feel comfortable knowing that they have so-called "partnered" with that website.
I don't know how they got access to those well-secured accounts, just like what they said they have 2FA, etc. It's still a mystery, I hope there are some updates with that and be vigilant
Maybe people are feeling good to help as well, and it's their generosity that may be considered sending that crypto. Since the best exchanges "official twitter accounts" have tweeted that (I checked the accounts, but the tweet doesn't exist anymore), it made them feel comfortable knowing that they have so-called "partnered" with that website.
I don't know how they got access to those well-secured accounts, just like what they said they have 2FA, etc. It's still a mystery, I hope there are some updates with that and be vigilant
July 15, 2020, 10:41:24 PM
The twitter accounts hacked included crypto related accounts as well as accounts of some celebrities and other popular personalities in business and politics.
For now, there is still no official Twitter statement on how the attack was done although some security experts are saying that the hackers attacked and taken over the individual accounts and even changed the email addresses linked to these accounts.
[1] https://cointelegraph.com/news/hidden-messages-found-in-transactions-to-twitter-hack-bitcoin-address
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Prominent accounts targeted in the Twitter attack included Joe Biden, Elon Musk, George Wallace, Bill Gates, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Wiz Khalifa, Warren Buffett, Mike Bloomberg, Barack Obama, and Jeff Bezos.
[1]For now, there is still no official Twitter statement on how the attack was done although some security experts are saying that the hackers attacked and taken over the individual accounts and even changed the email addresses linked to these accounts.
[1] https://cointelegraph.com/news/hidden-messages-found-in-transactions-to-twitter-hack-bitcoin-address
July 15, 2020, 10:37:18 PM
Twitter account that listed above has a strong security. How come this hacker have access on it. Maybe an inside job from twitter employee? What do you think?
I don't think this is an insider's job, if someone from twitter done this then they will get caught easily so these are done by the real hackers who knows how to breach the strong security features.But why recovering the hacked accounts doesn't take place yet it should have been done in real quick to save people. copper member
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July 15, 2020, 10:03:25 PM
12.84 BTC received at the moment which values more than 110K in dollars, but the address has only 0.009 BTC left so they keep moving all the received funds.
Is there any response from Twitter side about these mass hack of crypto related platforms?
Is there any response from Twitter side about these mass hack of crypto related platforms?
That's huge amount of money. I wonder who will be responsible in case victim complains about fund. This twitter account was verified and I believe victim will surely believe on this scheme even though the website looks an obvious scam. The website is currently marked as phishing website which appear before you access the website. So I think no more victim should be add to the list.
Twitter account that listed above has a strong security. How come this hacker have access on it. Maybe an inside job from twitter employee? What do you think?
July 15, 2020, 09:42:19 PM
12.84 BTC received at the moment which values more than 110K in dollars, but the address has only 0.009 BTC left so they keep moving all the received funds.
Is there any response from Twitter side about these mass hack of crypto related platforms?
Is there any response from Twitter side about these mass hack of crypto related platforms?
July 15, 2020, 03:08:41 PM
In the last one hour, A number of popular crypto-related Twitter accounts have be hacked. A message about a partnership with a company called Crypto For Health appears on the Twitter accounts of some leading crypto companies.
The hacked accounts so far are That of
1. Binance
2. Coinbase
3. Kucoin
4. Gemini
5. TRON Foundation
6. CZ Binance
7. Charlie Lee [LTC
8. Bitfinex
9. Justin Sun
10. Ripple
11. Elon Musk
Some screenshots of posts of hacked accounts
Image source: coindesk.com
More details in this article: https://cryptopotato.com/breaking-scam-alert-binance-coinbase-and-other-major-crypto-twitter-accounts-hacked/
The scammer's address has so far collected 2.80969451 BTC / 25,981.47 USD
How the hell did this attacks happen?
The hacked accounts so far are That of
1. Binance
2. Coinbase
3. Kucoin
4. Gemini
5. TRON Foundation
6. CZ Binance
7. Charlie Lee [LTC
8. Bitfinex
9. Justin Sun
10. Ripple
11. Elon Musk
Some screenshots of posts of hacked accounts
Image source: coindesk.com
More details in this article: https://cryptopotato.com/breaking-scam-alert-binance-coinbase-and-other-major-crypto-twitter-accounts-hacked/
The scammer's address has so far collected 2.80969451 BTC / 25,981.47 USD
How the hell did this attacks happen?
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