Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultaneous attack

Post by admn2 » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 10:53 PM UTC

longtom wrote: post #555

bouncycastle wrote: post #535

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope. They're actually getting away with quite a big loot! The number of unconfirmed transactions has catapulted from ~9k to about ~50k right now, which means there's large amount of activity. It will take a while for the dust to settle. You can watch them here https://www.blockchain.com/btc/unconfirmed-transactions chart https://www.blockchain.com/charts/mempool-count A better graph of the current transactions sitti…

So we're likely talking some 50-100 million of dollars being stolen? Insane.

Post by wisemanwillhear » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 10:54 PM UTC

csomar wrote: post #452

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #260

Given how huge this hack is, and how little the BTC reward is going to be, I'm tempting to think this is either: - a test of a new hacking system - a demonstration to a big client - a first shot to threat some entity - a diversion while they get the real loot And that the BTC messages are just a way to justify it so it looks like a simple scam. Such a hack is worth way, WAY more than the few BTC it could bring.

Maybe the dude shorted the Twitter stock?

Post by cwkoss » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 10:55 PM UTC

durpkingOP wrote: post #534

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #260

Given how huge this hack is, and how little the BTC reward is going to be, I'm tempting to think this is either: - a test of a new hacking system - a demonstration to a big client - a first shot to threat some entity - a diversion while they get the real loot And that the BTC messages are just a way to justify it so it looks like a simple scam. Such a hack is worth way, WAY more than the few BTC it could bring.

What was done was a guaranteed method of getting the method/exploit fixed in record time. If the perpetrator wanted to demonstrate, they would have targeted someone inconsequential that would not have put the problem on twitters radar. They blew their whole wad, likely on purpose, and there is nothing else planned.

Post by Sebb767 » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 10:55 PM UTC

CPLX wrote: post #215

ISL wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They haven't yet gone after the most prominent Twitter user.

One wonders if that specific account has some unique exemption in the Twitter code to specifically deal with it.

Post by totetsu » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 10:57 PM UTC

eternalban wrote: post #427

DevX101 wrote: post #316

Twitter should suspend the entire platform until they can credibly fix this and prevent it in the future. An attacker could drop AMZN stock by 10% in minutes with just the wrong tweet from Bezos.

Many powerful actors, including state actors, would love to see Twitter, as a political instrument, go away. It could even be our own, or a dissident group within our own, IC. If someone can get a presidential candidate and an ex-president's twitter account to say what they want, then that is pretty much the end of Twitter as a political tool.