{"id":53060,"date":"2023-06-10T04:45:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T04:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=53060"},"modified":"2023-06-10T04:45:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T04:45:04","slug":"scammers-steal-nearly-1m-after-hijacking-8-prominent-crypto-twitter-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=53060","title":{"rendered":"Scammers steal nearly $1M after hijacking 8+ prominent crypto twitter accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Over the past few weeks, a group of scammers has hijacked more than eight Twitter accounts belonging to prominent figures in the crypto space to promote phishing scams. The group has stolen almost $1 million worth of crypto so far, according to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT. <\/p>\n

In a June 9 Twitter thread, ZachXBT outlined that he had uncovered several wallets \u201clinked on chain\u201d that are connected to phishing scams promoted by the recently hacked accounts. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the majority of these attacks were the result of a SIM Swap it seems other accounts were potentially stolen with a [Twitter admin] panel,\u201d ZachXBT noted. <\/p>\n

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Over the past few weeks we have seen 8+ account takeovers connected to the same group of scammers as evident by how their addresses are linked on-chain. <\/p>\n

I hope @TwitterSafety<\/a> investigates each attack closely as they have resulted in almost seven figures stolen. @miramurati<\/a>\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ypnqyb5oNy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ZachXBT (@zachxbt) June 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The accounts belong to figures such as Pudgy Penguins founder Cole Villemain, DJ and NFT collector<\/a> Steve Aoki and Bitcoin Magazine editor Pete Rizzo. <\/p>\n

Oddly enough, gold proponent and fervent crypto hater<\/a> Peter Schiff also saw his account hacked to promote a dubious link relating to tokenized gold in Decentralized Finance. <\/p>\n

\u201cI hope Twitter Safety investigates each attack closely as they have resulted in almost seven figures stolen,\u201d ZachXBT said, adding that:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the scammer gains control of a Twitter account, phishing scams are tweeted out almost immediately. Slow response times from Twitter Support have resulted in some of these tweets staying up for many hours and even days.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tweeted phishing scams. Source: ZachXBT, Twitter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The blockchain sleuth urged people to use a security key as opposed to opting for SMS-based two-factor authentication. <\/p>\n

Another one of the account hacks highlighted by ZachXBT includes OpenAI\u2019s CTO Mira Murati. <\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>Uniswap scam alert: Fraudsters impersonate executives and create fake website<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On June 2, members of the crypto community fired off warnings<\/a> about her account sharing a phishing link promoting a fake airdrop for an ERC-20 token named OPENAI. <\/p>\n

This particular post was live for roughly an hour and was viewed 79,600 times and retweeted 83 times before it was deleted. Notably, the scammers had restricted who could reply to the tweet in a bid to stop people placing warnings on it. <\/p>\n

In late May, Arthur Madrid, the co-founder and CEO of metaverse platform The Sandbox was also subject to the same style of Twitter account hack that saw the promotion of a fake SAND airdrop<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It is unclear if this particular hack is connected to the group of hackers identified by ZachXBT however. <\/p>\n

Magazine:<\/em><\/strong> $3.4B of Bitcoin in a popcorn tin \u2014 The Silk Road hacker\u2019s story<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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