Mass Twitter accounts of crypto companies and personalities got hacked!

[yazher]

This is a devastating hacking event in the history of twitter. Thankfully the hacker was fool enough to write only one sentence on each page or else there will be lots of victims. Thankfully there are people who quickly recognize it as a spam message and know that it's not from the actual page. but there are some people who fell victim to this post on each page. let's just hope that they won't be another hacking attempt on the other social media page. Twitter has damaged its reputation and the problem here is they will put it all to the crypto industry.

[Ken_terrance]

I just like the fact that crypto investors are now smarter, I believe if someone had to fall for that trick it would be someone who have no experience about crypto space at all, those hackers would leave with pennies I'm sure but there is no way to know, let's keep protecting ourselves, it's very important

[Gotumoot]

It is clear that it was hacked and they are just aiming to get some crypto from all the desperate people right now.
But we should really be careful on the links that we would visit just like what others have said it could have some malware or anything else.
I hope that no one got scammed by it and we should now avoid the stated project if it is real.

[raidarksword]

I also read some crypto news in the morning that got many big names personalities have been hacked by their twitter accounts and they are now reporting it and spreading mass awareness not to engage on that scam tweets made by the hackers. I also read some news that they using different wallets and one wallet that already bags of $59,000 worth of bitcoin. With this incident, twitter will be more strict on wards for sure for security reasons and hoping this will not be an issue on other users as well.

[Lantind]

This is way too much and unexpected, Twitter team needs to clean up their mess and get better security protocols on their platform, imagine if many people believed in that scheme millions of dollars would have been stolen already

It is inconceivable that Twitter has not immediately improved security protocols on their platforms, because everyone around the world has been using the Twitter platform for various purposes, both business and personal.

I believe everything should be normal by now as Twitter has responded hugely to it. It seems this is a hacker association attack. Never experienced something of this nature. Twitter need to do more in security wise.

Faster response will be much better, because everyone already believes in the Twitter platform as the easiest social media account for anyone to use, so it is necessary to have a fast response to follow up on this and improve a better security system.

[Psynthax]

I also read some crypto news in the morning that got many big names personalities have been hacked by their twitter accounts and they are now reporting it and spreading mass awareness not to engage on that scam tweets made by the hackers. I also read some news that they using different wallets and one wallet that already bags of $59,000 worth of bitcoin. With this incident, twitter will be more strict on wards for sure for security reasons and hoping this will not be an issue on other users as well.

Yeah, popular figure got hacked aswell. they got hacked not because they got phished or something else but because there's in hole in twitter system and it's actually such a huge issue because a twitter account could be very important when the followers are already millions and could potentially be misused. People should really rethink about their decision being in that platform.

[holly.ball8]

Yeah, popular figure got hacked aswell. they got hacked not because they got phished or something else but because there's in hole in twitter system and it's actually such a huge issue because a twitter account could be very important when the followers are already millions and could potentially be misused. People should really rethink about their decision being in that platform.

Wonder what's going on the mind of those hackers. If a bug that big, I'm sure Twitter would pay big bucks and chance to future work in the industry. Definitely better than try to hack twitter accounts for scam and now, the whole world look at your address. Tough luck to get those dirty money cash out.

[smyslov]

They all have the same tweet from the hackers themselves:

"We have partnered with CryptoForHealth and are giving back 5000 BTC to the community. See more here: cryptoforhealth.com"

The Twitter accounts that have been hacked are Binance, CZ Binance, Gemini, Coinbase, KUCOIN, Justin Sun, TRON Foundation, Charlie Lee, etc. I just can't believe how these hackers accessed their Twitter accounts. My goodness!!!

Has anyone encountered these tweets from the hackers using these accounts I've mentioned above?

I have not used twitter since it got hacked 2 years ago i just know how weak the security features of Twitter so it's not really surprising to me, the Crypto community need a twitter like service to serve the community and don;'t just rely to a centralized sites like Twitter and Facebook because of this hacking so many investors are losing money.

[imstillthebest]

thanks for the info . now i know why i see lots of news feed related to twitter hacks on the homepage of my browser but i didnt viewed them yet as im too busy . now my question is how can the hacker access all of those accounts , or its also the twitters fault because they dont update thier security to the latest .  lets us warn other people and comunity if we are a member of them so that no new people will fall for it because this is one of the serious scam in the history of crypto

[Fredomago]

I just like the fact that crypto investors are now smarter,

Most of those crypto investors learned from past experiences, though there are still newcomers who are still prone being caught.

I believe if someone had to fall for that trick it would be someone who have no experience about crypto space at all,

Someone who are not doing their homework before releasing their money are mostly become a victims.

those hackers would leave with pennies I'm sure but there is no way to know, let's keep protecting ourselves, it's very important

It's a must to protect yourself while you are actively participating to this market, never to follow any promises that's too good to be true.

[r32godzilla]

It would be nice to find out how they hack all of these accounts, the only way how hackers get access to the accounts is a phishing attack and if it confirms, then there would be more problems in the future. The last big phishing attack cost Binance around 40 million USD, so it would be nice to predict hacker´s move.

[LogitechMouse]

Crypto investors are now smarter than before and these kind of scams will not work for them although I believe that there are some who got fall into this kind of scamming.

In my part, I will not fall into this kind of scam even though it came from a popular person like Bill Gates or Elon Musk or anybody related to crypto. For some investors out there, think twice before making a decision. Coming from a popular person doesn't mean that it is legit already especially now that hacking is being done more frequently. The security system of these platforms must upgrade too as hackers are also evolving.

[tippytoes]

Crypto investors are now smarter than before and these kind of scams will not work for them although I believe that there are some who got fall into this kind of scamming.

In my part, I will not fall into this kind of scam even though it came from a popular person like Bill Gates or Elon Musk or anybody related to crypto. For some investors out there, think twice before making a decision. Coming from a popular person doesn't mean that it is legit already especially now that hacking is being done more frequently. The security system of these platforms must upgrade too as hackers are also evolving.

but it turns out there are some people who are still falling into this trap. Send x get 2x... crazy. Stories like this have become more frequent lately. YouTube, Instagram , now twitter ... what next?

So many social media channels nowadays. Younger generation are crazy about these stuffs. So it's not surprising if a lot of people are being screwed by scammers due to these social media apps. We need to be vigilant with these things. If the offer is too good to be true, expect that there's something fraudulent about it.

[DabsPoorVersion]

Crypto investors are now smarter than before and these kind of scams will not work for them although I believe that there are some who got fall into this kind of scamming.

In my part, I will not fall into this kind of scam even though it came from a popular person like Bill Gates or Elon Musk or anybody related to crypto. For some investors out there, think twice before making a decision. Coming from a popular person doesn't mean that it is legit already especially now that hacking is being done more frequently. The security system of these platforms must upgrade too as hackers are also evolving.

but it turns out there are some people who are still falling into this trap. Send x get 2x... crazy. Stories like this have become more frequent lately. YouTube, Instagram , now twitter ... what next?

That is because most of the time, hackers are using popularity to get their victims,

Just like OP posted, they targeted the social media accounts of those crypto companies that is surely followed by many people. Even if it is suspicious to most of us, there are still some people who will fall from this trap.

[elementaryOS]

Well, this will seriously affect the reputation of Twitter. They were hacked and popular accounts in this market were hacked and posted fake posts. In the near future we need to be really careful because everything can happen in this market

Twitter's reputation going to be collapsed after this incident. Severe them right to try to be a political correctness place for snowflakes. Did they recently try to use a more "correctly" term in the programming language like "blacklist" to become "allowlist" because of poc? Gee, if they spent their human resource toward secure their system then they won't be in a hot spot right now.

[poodle63]

It would be nice to find out how they hack all of these accounts, the only way how hackers get access to the accounts is a phishing attack and if it confirms, then there would be more problems in the future. The last big phishing attack cost Binance around 40 million USD, so it would be nice to predict hacker´s move.

It's still become a big question and some crypto platforms have already offered the bounty to discover the hacker or try to reveal the identity of the hacker. Twitter must also learn a lot from this case as so many people were getting big loss.

[cheezcarls]

And also, check this blockchain transaction here: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh

The hacked tweet from Elon Musk’s account alone has raised 1.5 BTC. My goodness!





The images above are posted from a guy who is on a crypto-related Facebook group.

Twitter is hevaily liable on this matter. If they were to switch to a decentralized micro-blogging platform where private keys are the only method to access, this wouldn’t have happened!

[BayAngelo]

it was rumored that the hacker was able to access one of the twitter admin account control panel after his account got hacked. the method on how the attack was made is still unknown. possibly using an Email scams in which the admin failed for it. we awaits for more news on that issue. it is a surprise that people still fall for such scam.

[tvplus006]

..."We have partnered with CryptoForHealth and are giving back 5000 BTC to the community. See more here: cryptoforhealth.com"...

I consider such offers unrealistic and therefore do not click on such links. But there are also those who fell for this scam. I saw such information that hackers managed to get 0.7BTC. This is not a lot of money when compared to the fact that a lot of well-known accounts were involved in this scam.

[Viscore]

I don't understand their link whether they are spreading panic or anything to commit a crime.
I consider this a crime that was committed neatly and planned.
We recommend that you carefully access social media and are not interested in clicking on any suspicious links.

I'd never click the link either for security reasons and much better not to try it anymore.

This huge hacking of twitter accounts is really alarming and it really affects the reputation of known personalities whos account has been a victim to this surprise. This is an unusual thing but hackers likely to join the Guinness world of records...

This hacking event will likely send us a message to be more aware and must be careful in dealing with links especially when it looks suspicious.