{"id":291,"date":"2020-07-19T08:45:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T08:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2020-07-19T08:56:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T08:56:40","slug":"twitter-hacked-by-bitcoin-scammers-whos-behind-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/twitter-hacked-by-bitcoin-scammers-whos-behind-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Hacked by Bitcoin Scammers: Who\u2019s Behind It?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tech giant Twitter saw an unprecedented security breach on 15th<\/sup> July with 130 Twitter accounts hacked by Bitcoin scammers.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hackers allegedly took over the control of some verified Twitter accounts such as Tesla CEO Elon Musk, President Barack Obama, Presidential Candidate Joe Biden, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and many others.<\/p>\n The intention was to use the accounts to create a Bitcoin scam. The scammers used the prominent accounts to tweet messages like \u201cI am giving back to the community\u201d and \u201cI will send back $2,000.\u201d<\/p>\n Followers reacted immediately by sending Bitcoins. As a result, BTC wallet<\/a> tracked 383 transactions in one of the digital wallet used by the hackers in just 24 hours. Unfortunately, Hackers transferred around $117,000 before anything can be done.<\/p>\n It\u2019s difficult to trace back the hackers since most of the Bitcoins have been transferred from the wallets. In fact, Cryptocurrencies are hard to track when they are transferred into smaller accounts.<\/p>\nWho\u2019s Behind the Hacked Twitter Accounts?<\/h2>\n