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Apple just sent out its first ever public tweet – and it was a bitcoin scam
A bitcoin scam hitting many high-profile accounts also came for Apple, sending out the company's fi…
Hugh Langley
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Carry Minati’s YouTube channel hacked as part of bitcoin scam reflects why Steve Wozniak is suing the platform
Less than two weeks after Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and other verified Twitter accounts wer…
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Twitter says 130 accounts were affected in the giant hack that wiped $1.3 billion off its market value
Accounts belonging to dozens of public figures including Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and Kim Kardashian t…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Big YouTube accounts are being plagued by hackers promoting Bitcoin scams resembling the hack that compromised Twitter
Unlike the Twitter hack, there's no evidence that hackers compromised YouTube's internal tools or s…
Aaron Holmes
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Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak is suing YouTube after grifters used his likeness to promote extensive bitcoin scams
The suit accuses YouTube of knowingly making money off the videos as users fell victim, and comes d…
Lisa Eadicicco
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Here's how security experts think hackers hijacked the Twitter accounts of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, and many others
Experts said it seems likely the hackers gained access to reset the emails and passwords tied to th…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Twitter says up to 8 accounts had all their data downloaded during its giant hack suggesting the hackers were after more than just Bitcoin
Twitter said in total 130 accounts were targeted of which 45 had their passwords reset and tweets s…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Twitter just fixed a bug in its Android app that could have given hackers access to private messages
Twitter has fixed a bug with its Android app that could have enabled intruders to access direct mes…
Lisa Eadicicco
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Social network Gab says it briefly took itself offline to fix a bitcoin spam problem affecting 'fewer than 20' of its accounts
Social network Gab said it discovered fewer than 20 accounts had been hacked by bitcoin spammers an…
Kevin Shalvey
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The unprecedented Twitter hack that targeted Barack Obama, Elon Musk, and others may be part of a larger, more ominous attack, experts say
The accounts of Obama, Bill Gates, and others tweeted a bitcoin scam, but experts think it could be…
Lisa Eadicicco
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Twitter appears to have disabled tweeting by verified users after a massive hack and it's causing big problems
Twitter appears to have blocked some verified accounts from tweeting after a massive hack affected …
Lisa Eadicicco
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A hacker forum obsessed with super-short 'OG' handles was selling Twitter account access for $3,000 days before the giant hack
Executives at two cybersecurity firms told Reuters Wednesday's hack didn't appear to be particularl…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Crypto scams are preying on vulnerable people. Many victims are deceived online, including an elderly woman who lost thousands.
An Indiana-based woman was only able to recover a fraction of the money she lost to a man who convi…
Zahra Tayeb
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Bitcoin scammers used Apple's iPhone 13 reveal to steal $69,000 from fans
Bitcoin scammers used Apple's iPhone 13 reveal to steal $69,000 from fans
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South African regulator says it's powerless over suspected $3.6 billion bitcoin scam, as crypto is out of its reach
South Africa's financial services watchdog said Africrypt, the company linked to the missing bitcoi…
Harry Robertson
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An official Google account on Twitter was hacked by cryptocurrency scammers trying to convince people to send them bitcoin
Twitter is well aware of the cryptocurrency scam since reports first surfaced back in July, wh…
Paige Leskin
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Shona Ghosh
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Man pleads guilty to hacking Elon Musk's and Joe Biden's Twitter accounts in bitcoin scam
Joseph James O'Connor was part of a group that hijacked several high-profile Twitter accounts in 20…
Pete Syme
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Brazilian 'bitcoin king' arrested in an alleged $300 million embezzlement case
The arrests were made after a three-year investigation centered in the southern state of Parana.