Bombshell on Twitter. As echoed in Coindesk and we have been able to verify at the moment, one of the most popular social networks such as Twitter is suffering what is probably the most important computer attack in its history, still not claimed by any group of hackers.
Obviously I can not assure that it was the most serious attack, but at least it is on the way to be with the entire staff of affected influential characters including not only personal accounts but also from important companies such as Apple, Binance, Uber or Tesla, which are advertising a scam that claims to raise Bitcoins for a charitable cause.
The exploited vulnerability is not too clear at this point, but what we do know is that Twitter has been affected and the bad guys are taking advantage of the most influential accounts on the platform, from Bill Gates to Elon Musk through Jeff Bezos or Joe Biden and including practically all companies related to cryptocurrency or the latest technologies.
According to some of those affected, such as Cameron Winklevoss from Gemini, they are indicating that they used a strong password and two-factor authentication, so they have questioned how their account has been compromised and whether hackers have been able to break that authentication. double factor that we all assume as infallible in our online services.
In addition, as we have been able to read in Xataka, the messages are being deleted almost instantly but they continue to proliferate like mushrooms throughout Twitter:
In all likelihood, this has been the largest attack ever suffered by Twitter given the repercussions, with all the most influential accounts affected and even some of the hackers reporting that they have broken a two-factor authentication.
A massive and structured Bitcoin scam, already moving stratospheric amounts of money
Yes, impressive amounts and in just a few minutes, because as you will have seen in the image above one of the purses that are being advertised exceeds 12 bitcoins entered, an amount that in euros is around 100,000 and that in dollars exceeds 110,000 long.
Hackers refer to a page fraudulent website that claims to be raising money selflessly to alleviate the damage caused by COVID-19, but it is a massive scam and well structured which also funds are being withdrawn at the same rate coming in virtual wallets, making pursuing money by authorities almost impossible.
The amounts are stratospheric and continue to rise at this time, although Twitter is struggling to remove the posts as soon as possible. Obviously do not pique, in this scam or in other similar ones, because nobody gives hard four pesetas and no millionaire is going to double your monetary contributions for very good intentions that he has.
We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to fix it. We will update everyone shortly.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 15, 2020
We update: Twitter recognizes the problem and says it is working on the solution
Those responsible for Twitter have already responded with a tweet published on the social network itself, stating that they are aware of the problem and that they are investigating the security incident to take appropriate measures and offer explanations and a guide to protect us as soon as possible.
The first measure has been to block the change of passwords, so for now it will not be possible to reset the password of our account or change it, while the problem is reviewed and delimited from Twitter. We will have more news soon…