Skip to main content

Twitter Collaborates with the FBI to Investigate World Famous Account Hacking Incidents

Twitter Collaborates with the FBI to Investigate World Famous Account Hacking Incidents

JAKARTA – Twitter is collaborating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the hacking incident of world famous Twitter accounts yesterday, Wednesday, July 17. Where these accounts fall victim to cryptocurrency spamming attacks.

Reported The VergeThis hacking has caused serious concern among US lawmakers, with some fear that weaknesses like this in social media could be exploited by malicious actors in coordinated attacks aimed at causing chaos among communities.

“We are aware of a security incident today involving several Twitter accounts belonging to high-profile individuals. These accounts appear to have been compromised to perpetuate cryptocurrency fraud,” said an official statement from the FBI, Friday 17 July.

Also read:

  • The Effect of Twitter Hacking Makes Bitcoin Price Red
  • Bill Gates Twitter account until Barack Obama Hacked for Spamming Bitcoin
  • Leaks of 91 Million Data from Tokopedia to Denny Siregar, Evidence of Weak Cybersecurity in Indonesia

Previously known, several accounts of world celebrities and technology figures such as Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Apple, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and Mike Bloomberg, even former US President Barack Obama were taken over by hackers and hackers posted tweets asking for donations via Bitcoin on their account.

“Everyone is asking me to give back, and now is the time. By sending $ 1,000, I’m sending you $ 2,000 back. I promise to double all payments to Bitcoin addresses over the next 30 minutes,” the hacker tweeted on Bill’s Twitter account. Gates and others.

Knowing this, Twitter is trying to remove fraudulent messages. But hackers seem to have control over the situation as they can return to their accounts and repost messages.

Ultimately, Twitter disabled the ability for verified accounts to post tweets. Twitter has also successfully investigated what is believed to be, “a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools.”

“We are looking for what malicious activity they may be doing or the information they might access and will share as much here as we have,” Twitter said in an official statement.

Meanwhile, several US politicians also asked Twitter questions about President Donald Trump’s account, it was immediately confirmed by the White House that Trump’s Twitter account was safe from being touched by hackers.

The English and Chinese versions are automatically generated by the system. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)

.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Former Google Pixel Boss Marc Levoy Now Works for Adobe

JAKARTA – The figure behind the success of Google’s Pixel camera, Marc Levoy, is reported to have joined Adobe. Now Marc Levoy assumes a new position as Vice President and Fellow in the Photoshop Camera application. Quoting Engadget , Tuesday 21 July, previously, Levoy ended his career at Google in early March 2020 and now he heads a team that develops computational photography technology and camera features which are also used in the Google Pixel smartphone. Also read: Google Pixel which is now left by its camera designer Google Delays Release of Android 11 OS due to Racism Demonstrations in America Google is ready to release Android 11, what are the interesting features? Later, Levoy will also work with the Photoshop Camera team, the Adobe Research team, and the Sensei AI team. But maybe Photoshop Camera will be Levoy’s main focus in developing the technology. However, Adobe did not explain in detail what Levoy will do or develop in the Photoshop Camera application. ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Mark Zuckerberg denies having a special agreement for Trump's activity on Facebook

JAKARTA – The social media network Facebook has long been suspected of being a platform that protects all activities of the President of the United States (US) Donald Trump, including his posts that show hate speech. However, in an interview with local media Axios , Tuesday 21 July, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg denied this. He stressed that he did not have an agreement of any kind with US President Donald Trump. “I’ve heard this speculation too, so let me be clear: There was no deal. Actually, the whole news of the deal was pretty ridiculous,” Zuckerberg said. Also read: Mark Zuckerberg’s disappointment with Trump in Overcoming the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US Mark Zuckerberg’s belief in a Big Brand Return for Advertise on Facebook The Now Left Facebook Brands Great Advertiser This suspicion started in October last year. Zuckerberg is seen attending an invitation to a dinner at the White House. The event was also attended by a number of figures, inc...
Post a Comment
Read more

Bitcoin Dramatic Surge to Level 9,360 US Dollars

JAKARTA – The Bitcoin exchange rate suddenly jumped from 9,100 to 9,360 US dollars per coin. This surge occurred in the last 60 minutes ahead of the close of trading today. Quoting Coindesk , at 18.45 WIB, the value of Bitcoin has corrected positively about 2 percent in the last 24 hours. This positive spike occurred after European Union leaders agreed to provide post-pandemic COVID-19 fiscal stimulus worth 750 Euros. “The injection of funds increased demand for equities and sent EUR / USD to a 4.5-month high of 1.1470, for Asian trading,” VOI quoted Tuesday, July 21. Caption Especially hope that a vaccine for the corona virus will be ready by the end of next year. Makes some of the major equity indexes in Europe each up at least 1.5 percent. Where Bitcoin has recently developed a strong positive correlation with the stock market. So that it attracts market potential for investors. “However, investors can now view bitcoin as a safe haven, given the high price of ...
Post a Comment
Read more