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Error1355
07/15/20 5:57:45 PM
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https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/suspected-bitcoin-scammers-take-over-twitter-accounts-bill-gates-elon-n1233948?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma


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Brilliant
07/15/20 5:59:36 PM
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Dear lord, nice way to make 8 mil.

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Reis
07/15/20 5:59:54 PM
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but bitcoin is definitely the future guys
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BudDupree48
07/15/20 6:01:29 PM
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Incredible

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tommybel89
07/15/20 6:01:59 PM
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I'd laugh if it happened to Bill Burr and Bert Kreischer after they talked about Bitcoin on their podcast.

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Anteaterking
07/15/20 6:02:05 PM
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Spooking posted...
Now can people please stop laughing at grandma for falling for a mail scams when it's clearly not just old people.

What if both groups of people were dumb?

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Romes187
07/15/20 6:03:17 PM
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best part is the image in OP is fake as well

its at about 130k last I checked

unless there were multiple accounts but the numbers match that one
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Veggeta X
07/15/20 6:03:28 PM
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Hopefully they catch these hackers.

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Tyranthraxus
07/15/20 6:03:56 PM
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PrideOfLion posted...
Clearly not the same kind of hack

"if you send me money I'll send it right back" is literally a millenia old scam.

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Funkydog
07/15/20 6:03:58 PM
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Spooking posted...
Now can people please stop laughing at grandma for falling for a mail scams when it's clearly not just old people.
Seems they are hacking twitter direct, not the accounts.

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Joeydollaz
07/15/20 6:04:17 PM
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I heard they will give everyone Money

This is a Robin Hood scenario

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Disrespector
07/15/20 6:04:39 PM
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How do people fall for this shit lmao

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Squall28
07/15/20 6:11:30 PM
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Disrespector posted...
How do people fall for this shit lmao

They use Bitcoin.

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K-driver
07/15/20 6:14:17 PM
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I remember when "doubling money" was popular scam in runescape. If people fall for random people "doubling money", they definitely fall for official rich people's accounts doing it too.

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UnholyMudcrab
07/15/20 6:14:54 PM
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Anteaterking
07/15/20 6:16:00 PM
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Disrespector posted...
How do people fall for this shit lmao

Some amount of FOMO I'm sure.

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BudDupree48
07/15/20 6:17:05 PM
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What is the crime? Like what charges can be brought against

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viewmaster_pi
07/15/20 6:17:31 PM
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mega man and the cyberpolice need to jack in and get the bitcoins back

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TheMikh
07/15/20 6:18:44 PM
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Squall28 posted...
They use Bitcoin.
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Maeiv
07/15/20 6:18:52 PM
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I bet Trump is mad that he didnt get targeted

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rivers
07/15/20 6:23:54 PM
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some or all of the accounts had two-factor authorization set up
this may be even more embarrassing for twitter than the time hackers got into @jack's account and tweeted racial slurs

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ZMythos
07/15/20 6:29:04 PM
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Hey guys I'm doubling Runescape GP. Send me 100k as a trust exercise. I swear it's legit.

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BudDupree48
07/15/20 6:29:55 PM
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I did get tricked in diablo 2 LOD. The good ol drop unids

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Cheater87
07/15/20 6:30:18 PM
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This is why you enable 2FA.

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RegBush19
07/15/20 6:34:11 PM
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feels good.
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onedarksoul
07/15/20 6:36:38 PM
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Pretty funny
Doesn't help bitcoins image though

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Tyranthraxus
07/15/20 6:36:47 PM
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Cheater87 posted...
This is why you enable 2FA.
Didn't help

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Killmonger
07/15/20 6:38:12 PM
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Looks like Twitter is blocking verified accounts.
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rivers
07/15/20 6:39:16 PM
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Cheater87 posted...
This is why you enable 2FA.
most of the high-profile accounts had that enabled, and attacks on random normie accounts with few followers were ongoing at least a half hour ago if not more recent. very serious hack on twitter's hands here.

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rivers
07/15/20 6:41:10 PM
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wonder if the hacker/s also gained access to the accounts' DMs

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EndOfDiscOne
07/15/20 6:42:16 PM
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Reis posted...
but bitcoin is definitely the future guys
Yes this is bitcoins fault

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UnholyMudcrab
07/15/20 6:42:31 PM
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Anteaterking
07/15/20 6:44:41 PM
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rivers posted...
wonder if the hacker/s also gained access to the accounts' DMs

It sounds like they just have the ability to send tweets from people, not actually access those accounts directly.

It's similar to spoofing an email except Twitter is passing those tweets on.

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ColdRainAndSnow
07/15/20 7:12:20 PM
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2020 is crazy lmao

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Questionmarktarius
07/15/20 7:18:10 PM
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Reis posted...
but bitcoin is definitely the future guys
Because, as we all know, gullible dipshits falling for scams never happened before bitcoin appeared.
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Dragon239
07/16/20 1:02:44 AM
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BudDupree48 posted...
What is the crime? Like what charges can be brought against
Probably computer fraud.
Depending on how twitter accounts were hacked/not, that could be more stuff.

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samurai bandit
07/16/20 1:13:03 AM
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What if no one fell for the scam but they are actually laundering money this way?

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Bio1590
07/16/20 3:27:14 AM
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Sounds like a Twitter employee's account was hacked and the hackers basically had free reign to do almost whatever they wanted. Could've even sent tweets from our accounts!

"Fun" fact: Trump didn't get hit because Twitter blocked employees from accessing his account
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