Warning - Twitter hack and Bitcoin scam

[Edwin]

Seems Twitter got hacked in a massive way, and the hackers managed to post using popular verified accounts like Jeff Bezos, Apple, Elon Musk etc. with a scam offering to double the Bitcoin that anyone sent them.

Just wanted to make sure nobody on here falls for it. Twitter seem to be on the case, but cleanup is taking a while, and of course any sent Bitcoins will be gone.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/15/twitter-accounts-hacked-crypto-scam/

 

[Ben Thomas]

Someone got rich.

 

[Edwin]

BTW if you are curious about the hack itself, these three articles combined give a good summary (though of course some details have yet to emerge). There's a lot of overlap, but each supplies some details the others miss.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...r-access-panel-account-hacks-biden-uber-bezos

https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/15/twitter-hacker-admin-scam/

https://www.theverge.com/interface/...obal-security-crisis-nuclear-war-bitcoin-scam