A hacker took control of Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin’s X (formerly Twitter) account over the weekend and promptly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of high-profile NFTs. In a …
British Twitter Hacker Sentenced to Prison in US
British national Joseph James O'Connor, known online as "PlugwalkJoe," was arrested in Spain in 2021 and extradited to the US in April 2023. O'Connor engaged in SIM swapping attacks and stole …
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Meta’s Mastodon-Compatible Decentralized Twitter Rival Set to Launch in June
Social media juggernaut, Meta, is set to launch its decentralized Twitter alternative in late June, according to some reports. The app will be compatible with Mastodon. Meta is making progress with …
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Twitter Scammer Pleads Guilty to $794,000 Celeb Crypto Theft
A British citizen has pleaded guilty to computer intrusion and stealing cryptocurrencies using SIM-swap fraud. Joseph James O’Connor and accomplices hacked the Twitter accounts of names like Elon Musk …
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Twitter Admits Leak of Private Circle Tweets
Twitter Circle is a new platform feature that allows users to handpick who can see their tweets. The tweets are denoted by a green circle and should not be visible to users outside a 'Close Friends' …
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Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre’s Twitter Hacked: Red Carpet Welcome Or Nightmare Debut?
Daniel Alegre‘s account tweeted out a malicious mint link yesterday. The tweet read, “It’s almost time to enter the Otherside. Start your journey at [malicious link] before the portal closes.” …
KuCoin to reimburse victims of the short-lived Twitter account hack
The official Twitter account of the crypto exchange KuCoin has recently been compromised, leading to users losing their funds to a fake giveaway event. The crypto platform promised to reimburse the …
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Circle CSO’s Twitter account breached by scammers
According to an official post on March 22 from Circle, issuer of the USD Coin stablecoin, the Twitter account for its chief strategy officer and head of global policy, Dante Disparte, has been …
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Bean obsessed crypto-weeb community harvested for $2.74m in cryptocurrency NFTs
Another installment in the series of life affirming Web3 downfalls, over $1.74 million has been robbed from unsuspecting, would-be cryptocurrency investors after the Azuki NFT anime world's Twitter …
Hackers Take Over Robinhood Twitter Account To Promote Scam
Cybercriminals hacked the Twitter account of the Robinhood exchange on Wednesday. In a now-deleted tweet, the hacked account was used to promote a scam offering crypto tokens and NFTs on the Binance …
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