Biden, Gates, Musk and Other V.I.P. Twitter Users Hacked In Bitcoin Scam

[CarlHainze + 12]

The Twitter accounts of major companies and individuals have been compromised in one of the most widespread and confounding hacks the platform has ever seen, all in service of promoting a bitcoin scam that appears to be earning its creators quite a bit of money.

The attackers gained access to dozens of high-profile accounts, including those of Apple, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama.

Other accounts hacked included former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, musicians Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, the Cash App corporate account, and Uber’s corporate account.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/technology/twitter-hack-bill-gates-elon-musk.html 

[Adam Varga + 123]

Tells you a bit about bitcoin. If fraudsters used bank accounts to launder stolen loot, they would be caught in a flash and the accounts frozen, but bitcoin may not even know who the account owners are, and if they do, will never expose them. 

[Brian W + 78]

They should have known it was a scam when Bezos tweeted he wanted to give back. 

[rainman + 263]

The more interesting aspect of this story is the credibility conferred by Twitter verification and the consequent risk if verified accounts are compromised. If people as tech savvy as Musk and Gates are getting hacked then Twitter may have a larger security issue going on that it should address, especially given the amount of political activity that happens on Twitter these days. 

 

[ThunderBlade + 231]

120 grand is a lot of stupid people. Anyone who fell for it deserves to be conned. Does anyone find it weird that people included in this scam are people running against or have shown opposition to Trump? 

[Ward Smith + 6,615]

47 minutes ago, ThunderBlade said:

120 grand is a lot of stupid people. Anyone who fell for it deserves to be conned. Does anyone find it weird that people included in this scam are people running against or have shown opposition to Trump? 

Contrary to the opinion of several posters here, the cold hard truth is that the kind of sheeple likely to fall for this kind of scam are exactly the kind who love to congregate under the DNC tent. I regularly see a decided lack of critical thinking skills and a strong predilection for guzzling whatever kool-aid their fearless leaders are selling. In other words, chumps. 

[0R0 + 6,251]

9 hours ago, Adam Varga said:

Tells you a bit about bitcoin. If fraudsters used bank accounts to launder stolen loot, they would be caught in a flash and the accounts frozen, but bitcoin may not even know who the account owners are, and if they do, will never expose them. 

There is no "they" it is not a corporation, the structure is open but accounts are anonymous unless you transact one into a currency exchange off your own account.

People use  regular accounts all the time. Just that they don't use them under their own name but within larger companies and using aliases. The US bank account tracing system does not work but to catch naive newbies or accidentals.

[Dan Warnick + 6,100]

16 hours ago, ThunderBlade said:

120 grand is a lot of stupid people. Anyone who fell for it deserves to be conned. Does anyone find it weird that people included in this scam are people running against or have shown opposition to Trump? 

Adam Schiff does.  Give him a call.