Apparently they've made over $115,000 so far, that's pathetic, they should've hacked Trump, posted about how the Left are launching an attack against him and the great American Freedom and that he needs the biggest and best bitcoins Americans have to offer, then the hacker would've made millions.
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Twitter being hit with a 0 day attack. Apple, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and more hacked in a Bitcoin Scam
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Aggressive Carrot
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How gullible can people be? They'll probably fall for those poorly written email scams.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Nahh, this guy is probably just after the 1337 points in the hacker community.
Hear hear. Twitter is dividing our nation. I won’t miss them if the whole things burns down.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
His account access is probably monitored by national security. No hacker wants to get under their sight.
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Oh yeah chage btc address with iconmaste@paypal.me....maybe you should burn your money then.
PSYGN
Member
There's a gatekeeper that requires your password to let you into your account. Someone snooped around and found another entrance to each account without a gatekeeper. They don't need your password then, they can just walk in. That's one idea, anyway. It's more plausible to me than having the actual password to each of these accounts.
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IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Man Tom Warren is an idiot.. people's accounts being taken over does not imply there was a clear 'breach.'
ManaByte
Gold Member
There was. Twitter shut off Tweeting from all verified accounts. It sounds like someone got access to admin controls.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Elon Musk
Bill Gates
Joe Biden
Floyd Mayweather
Jeff Bezos
Uber
Mike Bloomberg
Warren Buffett
Apple
CashApp
Wiz Khalifa
Kanye West
Barack Obama
MrBeast
xxxtentacion
This makes sense. Basically these individuals were using a third party app that logs into their account for them to orchestrate tweets. They probably got access to the third party app token specific to each verified account.
I wish it was Twitter that properly got compromised, but instead it will be the developer of the third party app who will be crucified.
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go on.
ManaByte
Gold Member
That's not it because not everyone uses the same app.
Biden, Gates, Musk: Bitcoin scam breaches some of world's most prominent Twitter accounts
Twitter believes suspected Bitcoin scammers grabbed control of high-profile accounts by targeting its employees.
www.nbcnews.com
Someone got admin access to Twitter's service and did it, that's why they shut off the ability to Tweet for everyone verified.
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bitbydeath
Member
How is Trump one of the smarter ones to not get hacked?
ManaByte
Gold Member
Twitter probably locked his account immediately so no one could start a war.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
That's not it because not everyone uses the same app.
Biden, Gates, Musk: Bitcoin scam breaches some of world's most prominent Twitter accounts
Twitter believes suspected Bitcoin scammers grabbed control of high-profile accounts by targeting its employees.
Someone got admin access to Twitter's service and did it, that's why they shut off the ability to Tweet for everyone verified.
So you are saying there is a chance this was a Twitter fuckup? I can only hope.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
They are looking into it.
It could be a widespread compromising of accounts through other means (password DBs.)
But I do agree that the sheer magnitude of it suggests it's something else.
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iconmaster
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Is your point that because US currency can be transferred electronically, it’s effectively indistinguishable from bitcoin? I think I would take exception to that.
(I’m not iconmaster on PayPal. If you want to send me money I’ll see what we can work out.)
Pumpkin Seeds
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didn't jack dorsey just pimp a cashapp bitcoin promotion on Bubba Wallace's car?
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Bitcoin is (to an extend) tracable. If it would this be something more cryptic, it would be carried through Monero. This is what North Korea mines. And no it's not same, but certainly as far as I know, this is using Bitcoin because why not, otherwise it's pretty substantial cyber attack, I would say. Just to probably send a message.
Also:
I would be way more concerned, how twitter can be hijacked to cause some damage, which is not in "virtual currency".
I think that it just makes you think about what people really can do, which they don't want you to see. This was just a message, that "we fucking own you"...from unknown group.
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infinitys_7th
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Excellent. We need more of these. I hope they could get access to PMs. I don't care who is was - fuck Twitter and fuck Blue Checkmarks. Give me DNC leaks 2.0.
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Cybrwzrd
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You are a blue check?
led4lyfe
Member
Is your past, present or potential future president on Twitter? If Yes- imagine what could’ve happened if someone seized power on those accounts.
TrainedRage
Banned
Feeling super comfy right now. Gonna watch this unfold.
Funny to me how this all happened right in the middle of the whole #Jewishprivilege trend...
Funny to me how this all happened right in the middle of the whole #Jewishprivilege trend...
John Day
Member
Exactly, this is the most disturbing thing of all this.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
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
Grinchy
Banned
The scam doesn't even make sense. How can people who are capable of buying bitcoin in the first place be so inept? Why would "giving back" from a corporation come in the form of accepting bitcoin and sending double back? Absolute morons.
And they only brought in a little over $100K so far? A hack of this scale seems like way too much effort. And can't the account this bitcoin is being sent to then be tracked?
And they only brought in a little over $100K so far? A hack of this scale seems like way too much effort. And can't the account this bitcoin is being sent to then be tracked?
TrainedRage
Banned
That was step 1.
We don't know what was gained by the hack and we may never know.
I expect some political leaks and some celebrity blackmail. Along with whatever the main plan of this hack was.
I doubt it was JUST to get 12 bitcoin.
Sign
Member
You given me hope.
TrainedRage
Banned
I expect the response from Twitter tomorrow will be pretty severe. What ever that means to you.
The Wheel of Fortune
Member
I am in no way versed in cryptocurrency and how it works, but isn't that supposed to be one of its main appeals? That's why people use it for transactions in the deep web and such, isn't it?
Scotty W
Banned
Reminds me if the mass shooting in Canada last month, where people complained that he cops used their emergency broadcast system instead of twatter.
Pumpkin Seeds
Member
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
The banned images include evidence that twitter curates trends and creates blacklist filters.
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