The FBi on the attack on Twitter: 130 accounts affected

There is also the FBI among those who are trying to clarify what happened on Wednesday late in the evening, when Twitter suffered the most serious attack in its history. The platform has been pierced by yet unsecured managers (although a hypothesis has been formulated) intending to exploit the popularity of some illustrious accounts to deceive their followers with a scam based on sending Bitcoin.

Attack on Twitter: 130 accounts affected, the FBI on the case

About 130 compromised accounts according to what was announced by the social network. These include Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Kanye West and Mike Bloomberg, but also companies such as Apple, Uber, Coinbase and Gemini.

Based on what we know at the moment, we believe that roughly 130 accounts were targeted by the attacker as part of the accident. For a small group of these, managers were able to take control of profiles and send tweets.

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.

- Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 17, 2020



Below the post appeared on the profile of Joe Biden, Donald Trump's democratic challenger in the race to the White House, which describes the possibility of receiving double the amount paid in cryptocurrency. The victims of the scam are estimated to have sent the equivalent of over $ 100,000 in a matter of hours.



Twitter is, among other things, the platform preferred by the current US President for his communication to the american people since the election four years ago, despite some of the tensions that have arisen recently. Considering how the electoral campaign in view of the appointment with the polls in the fall is happening mostly online for reasons related to the health crisis, the incident highlights the vulnerability of what can be defined as the social more important in the interaction between the world of politics overseas, and those who in a few months, it will be called upon to confirm the tycoon at the desk of the Oval office or to appoint his successor.

Source: Reuters