{"id":24484,"date":"2020-07-17T10:28:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T04:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/?p=24484"},"modified":"2020-07-17T10:28:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T04:58:58","slug":"twitter-hacked-in-crypto-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/security\/twitter-hacked-in-crypto-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Hacked in Crypto Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was a crazy one: The Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Joe Biden and many, many others were compromised yesterday, posting messages with the address of a bitcoin wallet, promising that any payments would be doubled and sent back.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently a hacker used an internal Twitter administrative tool to gain access to all of these accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The company described this as \u201ca coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We have locked accounts that were compromised and will restore access to the original account owner only when we are certain we can do so securely.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSupport\/status\/1283591852982231040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ted Sarandos called co-CEO in Netflix &#8212; The statement comes as the company added over 10 million new subscribers in its latest quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram starts its redesigned Shop, today powered by Facebook Purchase &#8212; Instagram Shop is a means to get products from manufacturers and founders, in addition to curated collections in the organization&#8217;s @shop accounts, all over the Research section.<\/p>\n<p>Uber accelerates Routematch because it pushes deeper to public transit in search for SaaS earnings &#8212; Routematch, which offers applications to transit services, can continue operations using CEO Pepper Harward in the helm.<\/p>\n<h3>Startups, Financing and venture capital<\/h3>\n<p>Revel lands allow to attract countless electric mopeds into San Francisco &#8212; I have been visiting Revel&#8217;s mopeds around nyc, and they&#8217;ve got approval to start in SF.<\/p>\n<p>Activ Surgical increases $15 million to progress collaborative and autonomous robotic operation &#8212; The startup equips surgical gear with detectors, together with the information used to direct surgical and surgeons systems.<\/p>\n<p>Monzo starts new Monzo Plus with all applications features it expects users may wish to cover &#8212; The newest features incorporate third-party bank accounts aggregation, virtual debit cards, customized trade categories, recorder export and credit rating upgrades.<br \/>\n<span class=\"seethis_lik\"><span>Also read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/top-10\/top-10-helpful-github-storage-for-web-developers\/\">Top 10 Helpful GitHub Storage For Web Developers<\/a><\/span>\n<h3>Ideas and Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>Why particular VC investors make great&#8217;Creator NPS&#8217; scores &#8212; Danny Crichton read over 1,200 founder guidelines for VCs while preparing The TechCrunch List. 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