We all know on July 15, a massive hack was happened where most of well known Twitter account were compromised with a Fake Bitcoin Giveaway including Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Mask, CZ, Binance, KuCoin, CoinDesk etc. Almost 130 Twitter accounts were targeted in the attack. Twitter recently revealed the reason behind this hack/attack.
The attack was marked as Phone Spearing Phishing Attack. Phone Spear Phishing Attack is a type of attack where hackers stole account details or financial information via phone. Twitter revealed that, a significant number of Twitter employees were mislead by exploit human vulnerabilities and thus hackers get access to the employee’s who have access to the support management tools through breaking Twitter’s internal server and got GOD MODE access.
MORALS: Never ever believe anyone when they ask for donations or tells you about doubling the money (Giveaway). Stay Safe, Stay Vigilant. #SAFU
Such hack) So safe)
Nice info, and like Kevin Mitnic proof many years ago - sometimes its easyer to hack people, than machines) Thanks for info and stay safe too)
@YAV scammers ask you to send money first or ask you to invest, i think trust wallet only ask for buying crypto and store in wallet to be eligible for referrals rewards, that all money is in your hands
Good article… Be aware of fake giveaways, phishing attacks and fake doubling your money… If you want to double your money… Invest on any token or coin at low price and sell on high price… So there will be no loss… Instead of paying to fake people
This isn’t only happen to twitter but also similar way in facebook a lot of dm’s were unfamiliar user asking for investment claiming higher profit%