Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Nicholas Truglia was part of a group alleged to have stolen more than $100 million from cryptocurrency investors using fraudulent “SIM swaps,” scams in which identity thieves hijack a target’s mobile phone number and use that to wrest control over the victim’s online identities. Nicholas Truglia, holding bottle.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The second story was about a number of verified Twitter accounts having been "hacked" and then leveraged in Bitcoin scams. link] — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 6, 2018. — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 7, 2018. Now, for the most part there was much support for this and clearly very many likes.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2021

As part of this mindset, more consumers are subscribing to a personal VPN service which they use to shield themselves from disinformation sweeps and to protect themselves from Covid 19-related hacks and scams. The leading B2C VPNs all recognize this and have begun promoting the use of personal VPNs as, essentially, a DIY security tool.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

The hacker used that access to send tweets from a variety of popular and trusted accounts, including those of Joe Biden, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk, as part of a mundane scam -- stealing bitcoin -- but it's easy to envision more nefarious scenarios. Back in 2018, Twitter said it was exploring encrypting those messages, but it hasn't yet.

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