{"id":36166,"date":"2020-07-17T13:20:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T13:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/twitter-admits-130-a-lister-accounts-compromised-to-promote-bitcoin-scam-after-social-engineering-attack\/"},"modified":"2020-07-17T13:20:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T13:20:56","slug":"twitter-admits-130-a-lister-accounts-compromised-to-promote-bitcoin-scam-after-social-engineering-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/twitter-admits-130-a-lister-accounts-compromised-to-promote-bitcoin-scam-after-social-engineering-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter admits 130 A-lister accounts compromised to promote Bitcoin scam after &#8216;social engineering&#8217; attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2019\/11\/07\/twitter_shutterstock.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"trailer\">Updated<\/strong> Twitter has said that around 130 accounts were targeted by miscreants <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2020\/07\/15\/mass_twitter_account_hacking_bitcoin\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this week<\/a> as high-profile individuals and businesses had their accounts hijacked to promote a Bitcoin scam.<\/p>\n<p>The estimate comes days after the social media biz admitted the blitz \u2013 which snared the accounts of Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Apple, Uber and former President Barack Obama \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2020\/07\/16\/twitter_account_hijack_latest\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was the result<\/a> of &#8220;coordinated social engineering&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In a post at 4am GMT of Friday morning, the Twitter support account <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSupport\/status\/1283957911841054721\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.6411042944785\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Based on what we know right now, we believe approximately 130 accounts were targeted by the attackers in some way as part of the incident. For a small subset of these accounts, the attackers were able to gain control of the accounts and then send Tweets from those accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSupport\/status\/1283957911841054721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re working with impacted account owners and will continue to do so over the next several days,&#8221; the company added. &#8220;We are continuing to assess whether non-public data related to these accounts was compromised, and will provide updates if we determine that occurred.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter said it was &#8220;taking aggressive steps to secure our systems while our investigations are ongoing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>News outlet Vice <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/jgxd3d\/twitter-insider-access-panel-account-hacks-biden-uber-bezos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a> earlier this week that hackers boasted 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