MASSIVE Twitter Attack By "Bitcoin Scammers"

[satrebil]

A litany of prominent twitter accounts have been used to scam people out of Bitcoin. The hackers have made over $100,000 thus far by seizing control of accounts belonging to high profile individuals such as Barack Obama.

Twitter Accounts of Bloomberg, Obama, Apple and Others Hacked in Bitcoin Scam

 

[satrebil]

This is nuts. The sheer amount of accounts that were tweeting the scam demonstrate that this wasn't just "password guessing", but that the hackers had some kind of back-end, administrative access to Twitter.

The amount of damage they *could* have done shouldn't be ignored. Imagine, for a moment, if they had made verified politicians start tweeting something about a pre-emptive attack on Russia or China. It also begs the question - was this really a bitcoin scam? Or was that just a cover to gain access to the private information & messages of high profile individuals?

2020 is wild.

 

[Gdjjr]

Hey- it's against rich people- no biggie- check the other thread about this-

 

[MarathonMike]

Another good reason to stay off of Twitter.

 

[Gdjjr]

It's all good- it's against rich guys Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos And Others Hacked In Unprecedented Twitter Attack And Bitcoin Scam; Over $100,000 Stolen

 

[satrebil]

Hey- it's against rich people- no biggie- check the other thread about this-

What thread? I did a search and came up dry, otherwise I wouldn't have started this.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Like Bitcoin people open their wallet to Twatter? I do not understand this.

 

[Mac-7]

Hey- it's against rich people- no biggie- check the other thread about this-

Rich libs

and I dont mind at all even if the proceeds go to fund ISIS or Only Black Lives Matter

 

[Gdjjr]

What thread? I did a search and came up dry, otherwise I wouldn't have started this.

Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos And Others Hacked In Unprecedented Twitter Attack And Bitcoin Scam; Over $100,000 Stolen

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/bill-gates-elon-musk-twitter-accounts-hacked-nigerian-bitcoin-scam-over-53000-stolen and the entertainment for 2020 continues to come in.

www.usmessageboard.com

 

[Death-Ninja]

Currently Iranian navy(most of it)burns in port, whilst the "Bonny Rich" does same in San Diego, interesting, cyber warfare???

 

[Gdjjr]

Rich libs

and I dont mind at all even if the proceeds go to fund ISIS or Only Black Lives Matter

SMH- and I bet you wonder what's wrong with the world- after you kick your dog, cuss at your kid, slap your wife and demand she get you a beer while you watch the news-

 

[satrebil]

Like Bitcoin people open their wallet to Twatter? I do not understand this.

It's a common thing you see on Twitter. I'll explain, oversimplified:

Take a prominent figure like Elon Musk. His twitter handle is "@elonmusk". A scammer will create a similar account, say "@e1onmusk" in an attempt to mimic the real person. They will then use that account to dupe unsuspecting people into sending them money with the promise of a return on their investment. "You send $1 in Bitcoin to this address, I'll send you $2 back" kind of thing. People fall for it, but not many, because anyone who takes more than 3 seconds to read the username will see it's a fake.

However, what this hacker has done is taken control of the REAL accounts belonging to folks like Elon Musk and people are falling for it because they do appear legitimate.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Like Bitcoin people open their wallet to Twatter? I do not understand this.

It's a common thing you see on Twitter. I'll explain, oversimplified:

Take a prominent figure like Elon Musk. His twitter handle is "@elonmusk". A scammer will create a similar account, say "@e1onmusk" in an attempt to mimic the real person. They will then use that account to dupe unsuspecting people into sending them money with the promise of a return on their investment. "You send $1 in Bitcoin to this address, I'll send you $2 back" kind of thing. People fall for it, but not many, because anyone who takes more than 3 seconds to read the username will see it's a fake.

However, what this hacker has done is taken control of the REAL accounts belonging to folks like Elon Musk and people are falling for it because they do appear legitimate.

Oh..NOW I get it. That's not hacking a Bitcoin wallet.
It's cracking/phishing somebody's account and getting donations in their name sent to you.

 

[Gdjjr]

Twitter- is for, well, Twits-

 

[Mac-7]

SMH- and I bet you wonder what's wrong with the world- after you kick your dog, cuss at your kid, slap your wife and demand she get you a beer while you watch the news-

You sound disturbed

Terrorist organizations frequently turn to crime as a way of funding their cause

 

[Darkwind]

Shit. I just checked out Mine. It was hacked! It says, "Cats suck"!!

Muther&*^$&#$(*#@^'s

 

[HaShev]

IRONY: Obama and Biden had 7 of their 8 years to do something about those bitcoin scams, and it will take this before someone does something about it.

Hint: report the bitcoin acct to Bitcoin along with the scam/blackmail email and they will freeze the act and have them charged where possible.

 

[Vastator]

This isn’t about bitcoin. This is much, Much bigger. Whoever did this has unfettered access to Twitter data. Every tweet by everyone. Ever. It’s a blackmail gold mine. Not to mention they are actively controlling a number of accounts of high profile people. They can impersonate any user right now.

 

[HaShev]

This isn’t about bitcoin. This is much, Much bigger. Whoever did this has unfettered access to Twitter data. Every tweet by everyone. Ever. It’s a blackmail gold mine. Not to mention they are actively controlling a number of accounts of high profile people. They can impersonate any user right now.

Most people of all walks of life do enough damage to themselves on twitter that they need no help. *L*

 

[satrebil]

This isn’t about bitcoin. This is much, Much bigger. Whoever did this has unfettered access to Twitter data. Every tweet by everyone. Ever. It’s a blackmail gold mine. Not to mention they are actively controlling a number of accounts of high profile people. They can impersonate any user right now.

My thoughts exactly.