$794K SIM swap hacker PlugwalkJoe sentenced to five years in prison
The hacker managed to steal $794,000 worth of crypto from an exchange via a SIM swap attack on an exec, but ultimately he didn’t cover his tracks well.
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Scammers steal nearly $1M after hijacking 8+ prominent crypto twitter accounts
The group of scammers have recently taken over accounts belonging to the founder of Pudgy Penguins, the CTO of OpenAI and even crypto hater Peter Schiff.
400M Twitter users’ data is reportedly on sale in the black market
The private contact information of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, shark tank host Kevin O'Leary and Mark Cuban are among those purportedly for sale.
British Army’s Social Media Accounts Hacked to Promote Bitcoin Giveaways, Crypto Scams
The British Army’s official Youtube and Twitter accounts were compromised Sunday and hackers used them to promote crypto, including bitcoin and ether giveaway scams featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk. British…
Targeted phishing scam nets $438K in crypto and NFTs from hacked Beeple account
Links posted to a fake Louis Vuitton non-fungible token (NFT) raffle were made to capitalize on a recent real collaboration between Beeple and the luxury fashion brand.
ESPN’s baseball reporter’s Twitter account hacked by NFT scammers
The hackers hijacked the popular reporter’s account in an attempt to promote giveaways for the Skulltoons NFT project by duping users into clicking a malicious link.
Crypto exchange’s Twitter gets hacked by ‘disgruntled employee’
Latoken’s Twitter account started to publish accusations of scams and mistreating employees.