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Jul 17, 2020 · Twitter said in a blog post that the attackers had targeted 130 accounts, gaining access and tweeting from 45 of that set. They were able to download data from eight of the accounts, the...
Jul 31, 2020 · Court documents show approximately 415 payments to the bitcoin wallet associated with the scam, totaling the equivalent of around $177,000. As Twitter confirmed last week, 130 accounts were...
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2020 Twitter account hijacking. At least 130 accounts affected. The bitcoin addresses involved received about US$ 110,000 in bitcoin transactions. On July 15, 2020, between 20:00 and 22:00 UTC, 130 high-profile Twitter accounts were reportedly compromised by outside parties to promote a bitcoin scam.
Many brands took down the malicious Tweets and locked their social media accounts within minutes of the incident. For many, however, damage was already done. The accounts targeted had millions of followers and within minutes received hundreds of contributions, reportedly totalling over $100K in Bitcoin as of Thursday morning, according to The BBC.
Jul 16, 2020 · Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The official accounts of Barack Obama,...
Jul 16, 2020 · The FBI has launched an investigation after hackers hijacked Twitter accounts of a number of high-profile US figures in an apparent Bitcoin scam. "The accounts appear to have been...
Jul 16, 2020 · Potentially thousands of people were scammed out of money after hijacked accounts of prominent verified users promised to double the money fans sent them in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.
