Bitcoin twits scammed

[JohnD]

https://www.ft.com/content/9c0b6da0...egmentId=3d08be62-315f-7330-5bbd-af33dc531acb

"Twitter experienced an unprecedented hack on Wednesday when bitcoin scammers sent a series of tweets from the official accounts of Apple, Uber, Joe Biden, Elon Musk and hundreds of others, reaping more than $100,000 and raising security questions for the social media platform.

Appearing across multiple accounts in a matter of minutes, the various tweets promised users the account holders would double donations from anyone who sent funds to a bitcoin address.

According to Blockchain.com, more than $100,000 was received at that address about an hour after the first hack, which appears to have tricked at least 313 users."

 

[motorbiking]

Looks like an inside job. Employees can truly be dumb when it comes to scams.

 

[Ihavenojob]

Twitter users believe anything on Twitter. Twitter, LOL

 

[Doug99]

I acknowledge its easy to mistakenly click on a professional looking link which is a scam, but to reply to a blatant Twitter posting "Give me $1000 and I'll give you $2000 back"........sorry, but no sympathy here....Duh!

 

[Keithmac]

I acknowledge its easy to mistakenly click on a professional looking link which is a scam, but to reply to a blatant Twitter posting "Give me $1000 and I'll give you $2000 back"........sorry, but no sympathy here....Duh!

I "think" it was donations to charity which make it all the more vile for the scammers.

 

[SirGalahad]

Twitter users believe anything on Twitter. Twitter, LOL

Its not like FB or DM are any better.

When did facts get in the way of a good rant?