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Twitter Hack 2020

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Markets
Scams
Maybe It Wasn’t About the Money - Few People Fell for Twitter Hack, Data Indicates
While the crypto wallets associated with the scam registered over 400 transactions, the attackers seem to have made away with a relatively small haul.
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By Jaspreet Kalra
Jul 16, 2020 at 7:46 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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Finance
Privacy
Twitter Hack 2020 Was Probably Done by a Bitcoiner – But Not a Savvy One
A massive cyberattack against Twitter raised many questions about who people trust and what it means for the future of bitcoin.
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By Leigh Cuen
Jul 16, 2020 at 7:21 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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Markets
Podcasts
No, the Twitter Hack Wasn't About Bitcoin
The motivations and implications of a hack that had everyone from Coinbase to Kanye shilling a scam for bitcoin.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jul 16, 2020 at 7:12 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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Technology
Bitmex
Twitter Hacker Is a BitMEX Trader, On-Chain Data Suggests
Whoever is responsible for Wednesday's Twitter hack was deep into the cryptocurrency space, with the BitMEX receipts to prove it.
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By William Foxley
Jul 16, 2020 at 5:38 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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News roundup
Blockchain Bites: Twitter Hack Fallout, A New Way to 'Yield Farm' and a Hurricane-Proof CBDC
What the Twitter hack means for Bitcoin, why stablecoins are on the rise in Hong Kong and a new way to farm yield using NFTs on Ethereum.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Jul 16, 2020 at 4:55 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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Policy
Opinion
After the Twitter Hack, We Need a User-Owned Internet More Than Ever
Decentralized social media systems are still immature, but "as of yesterday, we can no longer claim they are a solution searching for a problem."
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By Nic Carter
Jul 16, 2020 at 1:03 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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Markets
Markets
First Mover: 'Boring' Bitcoin Shrugs Off Twitter Hack as Stablecoins Co-Opt Satoshi's Dream
Prices for bitcoin barely budged, even as a scam involving the cryptocurrency appeared to be the motivation for a massive Twitter hack.
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By Bradley KeounOmkar Godbole
Jul 16, 2020 at 12:56 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao
Finance
Twitter
Binance CEO Criticizes Twitter Security After Coordinated Attack on Prominent Accounts
Talking to CoinDesk at the World Blockchain Summit Asia on Thursday, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao called Twitter's security "weak" after a wave of account breaches Wednesday.
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By Sebastian Sinclair
Jul 16, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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Tech
Twitter
Twitter Hack Used Bitcoin to Cash In: Here's Why
You can send bitcoin from your phone or computer to anyone, just about anywhere in the world. And once you’ve sent it, you can’t get it back.
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By William Foxley
Jul 16, 2020 at 4:11 a.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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Twitter
Twitter Says 'Coordinated Social Engineering' Attack Caused Bitcoin Scam
Twitter says "a coordinated social engineering attack" against an employee caused Wednesday's massive takeover.
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By Sebastian Sinclair
Jul 16, 2020 at 3:45 a.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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