{"id":3091,"date":"2020-07-21T10:36:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T05:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kratikal.com\/blog\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2024-08-13T11:46:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T06:16:25","slug":"twitter-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/twitter-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Twitter Breach: Accounts of US High-profiles Hacked in Bitcoin Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">&#8220;<strong>We are giving back to our community. We support Bitcoin and we believe you should too! All Bitcoin sent to our address below will be sent back to you doubled! Only going for the next 30 minutes<\/strong>&#8220;, the tweet on Apple\u2019s Twitter account read.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">On 15th July 2020, around 04:00 pm in the US, many high-profile Twitter accounts of personalities including Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos got hacked. The tweeted message said that any bitcoin sent to the link in the tweet would be sent back doubled.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #414141;color:#414141\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #414141;color:#414141\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/twitter-breach\/#Who_Got_Affected_in_the_Hack\" >Who Got Affected in the Hack?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/twitter-breach\/#How_did_the_Hack_Take_Place\" >How did the Hack Take Place?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/twitter-breach\/#Book_a_Free_Demo_Call_with_Our_People_Security_Expert\" >Book a Free Demo Call with Our People Security Expert<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/twitter-breach\/#Enter_your_details\" >Enter your details<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/twitter-breach\/#Could_the_Attack_Be_Prevented\" >Could the Attack Be Prevented?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/twitter-breach\/#Benefits_of_ThreatCop_for_A_Robust_Work_Culture\" >Benefits of ThreatCop for A Robust Work Culture<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n      @media print, screen and (max-width: 63.99875em){\n      .tnp-submit\n      width: 48%;\n      }\n      .wp-block-tnp-minimal{\n      padding: 20px;\n      }\n      .blog_para\n      margin-top: 4px !important;\n      line-height: 25px !important;\n      font-size: 15px !important;\n      }\n\n      }\n      .blog_para{\n      font-family: jost,sans-serif;\n      margin-top: 14px;\n      margin-bottom: 30px;\n      color: #fff;\n      font-size: 15px !important;\n      color: black !important;\n\n      }\n\n      .wp-block-tnp-minimal{\n      padding:20px;\n      border: 1px solid grey;\n      }\n\n      .tnp-submit a{\n        background: #1d58c7!important;\n    border-radius: 5px!important;\n    text-transform: inherit!important;\n    padding: 8px 25px!important;\n    font-weight: 600!important;\n    color: #fff!important;\n    width: 30%!important;\n    border: none;\n      }\n\n      .blog_get{\n      font-size: 24px !important;\n      font-weight: 700;\n      padding-bottom: 0px;\n    font-family: 'Poppins' !important;\n      margin-bottom: 0px;\n      margin-top: 0px;\n      margin-bottom: 0px !important;\n      color: white;\n          line-height: 30px;\n          color: white;\n      }\n      .row{\n             display: flex;\n    flex-wrap: wrap;\n    flex-direction: row;\n    padding: 25px 0px 25px 36px;\n    align-items: center;\n\n      }\n\n.colLeft{\n         flex-basis:50%;\n    -webkit-box-flex: 0;\n    flex-grow: 0;\n    max-width: 50%;\n    color: white;\n}\n    \n .colRight{\n       flex-basis: 45%;\n    -webkit-box-flex: 0;\n    flex-grow: 0;\n    max-width: 50%;\n }\n\n.tnp-subscription-minimal{\n    float: right;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"max-width: 741px; 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color: #000000;\">The fake tweets offered <strong>$2,000 for every $1,000<\/strong> sent to a Bitcoin address. Later scammers deleted the tweets and shared fake tweets again for demanding the same. In response to the incident, the Twitter support team immediately stalled the activities of the affected accounts.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Although Twitter tried to regain control by deleting these tweets, some account handles started posting the same messages again. The attack is considered to be one of the biggest social media cyber attacks of all time and the most brazen online attacks in history!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_Got_Affected_in_the_Hack\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Who Got Affected in the Hack?<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1628\" height=\"910\" src=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tweets.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10680\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Twitter accounts of major US politicians, celebrities, and high-profile personalities got hacked. The names of highlighted verified users were <strong>former US president Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Apple, Uber, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Bill Gates, and Kim Kardashian<\/strong> among others.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">As the tweets went viral, many Twitter users mocked it as a <em>&#8216;Money Heist&#8217;<\/em>. However, some users found these tweets legitimate and gave away their bitcoins in the scam. Around thousands of people were scammed after falling victim to compromised accounts that promised to double the amount sent by their fans through the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Reportedly, in this well-coordinated scam, messages by cybercriminals reached at least <strong>350 million<\/strong> users with the help of Twitter\u2019s internal systems. <strong>Scammers behind this massive breach swindled $120,000 worth of bitcoin through at least 300 transactions<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">However, the <strong>US Senate Commerce Committee<\/strong> has demanded a brief on the incident in the coming week from Twitter. According to the social media giant, it was a \u201c<strong>coordinated<\/strong>\u201d attack that targeted Twitter\u2019s employees with access to internal tools and systems. Twitter has currently blocked all users from tweeting Bitcoin wallet addresses.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Twitter\u2019s Product Lead, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kayvz\/status\/1283571729172803585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1283571729172803585%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wusa9.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2Fnation-world%2Fbitcoin-twitter-scam-obama-biden-gates-musk-bezos%2F507-f789c87a-ccd0-4589-bc06-e3419bf2fccc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #183994;\">Kayvon Beykpour<\/span><\/a><\/strong> took to Twitter to address the incident, followed by a series of tweets by Twitter Support.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-10681\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"Tweets by Twitter Support on the Incident\" class=\"wp-image-10681\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tweets by Twitter Support on the Incident<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_did_the_Hack_Take_Place\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>How did the Hack Take Place?<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An employee from Twitter was reportedly the reason behind the coordinated Twitter hack, but the investigation is still going on. According to the<\/span> source<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one of the hackers stated that they used a rep that did all the work for the hackers in the attack. Another stated that they paid an insider.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">It has been reported that an internal tool was used in this attack to reset the associated email addresses of hacked accounts to make it more difficult for account holders to regain control. 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It is still not sure if an insider was behind the attack or data breach, but it did highlight the weakest link in the cyber security chain and that is \u2018<\/span><b>user<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">No matter how much endpoint security software is deployed, organizations must provide their employees with proper security awareness training. As work from home has become the new normal, various organizations and their employees are on the radar of cybercriminals.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Therefore, organizations should adopt cyber security measures in order to mitigate cyber risks and combat the prevailing cyber threats.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/benefits-and-purpose-of-security-awareness-training\/\"><b>Security awareness training<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> tools like <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #183994;\"><b>TSAT<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> help employees by turning them from the weakest to the strongest link in the organization\u2019s cyber security chain.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><span style=\"color: #183994;\">TSAT<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a security attack simulator that <\/span><b>simulates the top 5 cyber attacks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to create awareness among employees with real-time experience. 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