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Crypto Crimes Rated: From the Twitter Hackers to Not Your Keyser, Not Your Coins

Published 08/17/2020, 01:31 PM
Updated 08/18/2020, 02:40 PM
Crypto Crimes Rated: From the Twitter Hackers to Not Your Keyser, Not Your Coins

The high-profile Twitter hack which saw malicious actors take over 130 verified accounts including Bill Gates and Elon Musk managed to be both technically brilliant and incomprehensibly stupid at the same time.

It was a multi-person attack, deep inside the company’s infrastructure, using sophisticated social engineering to defeat 2FA-protected accounts.

Cleverness not required


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