Following the recent hijacking of numerous high-profile Twitter accounts, security experts have begun attempting to track down the hackers behind the attack, with some believing they may have an idea who was responsible.Cybercrime journalist Brian Krebs recently published an article on his popular cybersecurity blog KrebsOnSecurity in which he attempts to track down the hackers behind the recent major security breach of Twitter and the hijacking of multiple high profile user accounts, which were used to execute a Bitcoin scam that some estimate generated over $100,000. The accounts hijacked include Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, Former President Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and the official accounts of ridesharing service Uber and tech giant Apple. In his article, Krebs notes that an analysis of the Bitcoin wallet promoted by the hackers on the hacked Twitter accounts show that’s in the past 24 hours, the account has processed 383 transactions and received almost 13 Bitcoin, which amounts to approximately $117,000. Krebs alleges that the attack appears to have been perpetrated by hackers who specialize in hijacking accounts using a method called “SIM swapping” which involves bribing, hacking, or coercing employees at mobile phone and social… Read full this story
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