April 26, 2024

Hacked Twitter. Scammers have stolen over 11 BTC.

Fraudsters gained access to more than 39 accounts and published a post calling for a BTC transfer. ElonMusk, Bill Gates and Donald Trump, Apple, Uber and others among them.

Hacked Twitter. Scammers have stolen over 11 BTC.

A scammer (or a group of scammers) has gained access to one of the most famous accounts on the social network Twitter. At the moment, more than 11 BTC have been received.

It is worth noting that the Bitcoin ecosystem itself is in perfect order. Gullible users send their funds to scammers on their own.

It can be assumed that such an attack was made possible due to security holes in the Twitter API, which allow third-party applications to gain access to social network accounts.

Most popular accounts have already deleted this post.

Now Internet users are in search ofThe "author" of this attack. One of the few pieces of evidence now available is the cryptoforhealth site. com. The domain registrar has already stopped the fraudulent website. However, users managed to record information about who the domain is registered to.

Hacked Twitter. Scammers have stolen over 11 BTC.

Hacked Twitter. Scammers have stolen over 11 BTC.

However, the street address listed does not exist according to Google Maps, and the phone number does not connect. The WHOIS service has removed this information.

Most likely this is fake data.

Twitter is investigating this matter. The company's shares decreased in price. The company will disclose the hack once it resolves the security issues.

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