Twitter lost control of its internal systems to Bitcoin-scamming hackers

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Twitter lost control of its internal systems to attackers who hijacked almost a dozen high-profile accounts, in a breach that raises serious concerns about the security of a platform that’s growing increasingly influential.

 

The first signs of compromise occurred around 1pm California time when hijacked accounts—belonging to former Vice President Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other people with millions or tens of millions of followers—started pumping out messages that tried to scam people into transferring cryptocurrency to attacker-controlled wallets.

 

In a tweet issued about seven hours after the mass takeover spree began, Twitter officials said the attackers appeared to take control by tricking or otherwise convincing employees to hand over credentials.

 

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[Andrew]

This was all the same person/group as well. The bitcoin address in every tweet was the same. They managed to get 12.86 bitcoin, or about $115K out of it.

 

attackers appeared to take control by tricking or otherwise convincing employees to hand over credentials.

 

This bit is concerning though. No employees should have access to credentials that allows you to log into other peoples accounts.

Edited July 16, 2020 by Andrew

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Razzin Frazzin!

[Supercrumpet]

This was all the same person/group as well. The bitcoin address in every tweet was the same. They managed to get 12.86 bitcoin, or about $115K out of it.

 

 

 

This bit is concerning though. No employees should have access to credentials that allows you to log into other peoples accounts.

 

My thoughts exactly, if that's the case then what's stopping any of the employees from pulling the same stunt? That doesn't sit right with me.