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Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by awoo47: 5:18am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Marvel1206:d guy don make lyk, 15million...nd it may be 100mill sef since someppl re still coming out |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Salvofthesouth(m): 5:19am On Jul 16, 2020 |
donatus101: if buhari call u lazy Nigerian youth you'll be mad, if FBI picks on Nigeria scammers and leave out the rest you'll be mad but look how you're using your hand to further tarnish the already dead image of the land.. change your orientation 2 Likes |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Nobody: 5:21am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Xisnin: That's what I said, or social engineering worst possible scenario is a glitch discovery . 1 Like |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by ibkayee(f): 5:23am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Heard it was an inside job |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by pyrex23(m): 5:27am On Jul 16, 2020 |
visiondee: they already made $15m worth of btc as a yesterday night.. |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by IBvoss(m): 5:28am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Could it have been done by the U.S Army? I recently saw an article that said the U.S army department is getting serious about developing a cryptocurrency tracker. Could be they planned the attack to create controversy about the dangers of bitcoin and subliminally influence the wealthy private investors to partake in their crypto-tracker program. |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by pyrex23(m): 5:30am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Nobody: 5:31am On Jul 16, 2020 |
BornRicch: Insult me for airing my opinion? You guys are just too rude here. Just because this is an open forum doesn't mean you must insult everyone because you feel like it. Please learn to respect people both online and offline. Please don't quote me anymore, thanks. 6 Likes |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Nobody: 5:35am On Jul 16, 2020 |
seanwilliam: Please learn some courtesy, that's rude. Don't quote me anymore, thanks. 1 Like |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by hahn(m): 5:46am On Jul 16, 2020 |
loneprof: The thing with scam is most people not into it always like to assume it is very difficult. This could be a simple phishing scam but whoever is behind it decided to contact only high profile accounts. Trust me, you won't believe how many people fall for the "please verify your email" spam messages they get from their "email providers" 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by HitlerGaddafi: 5:54am On Jul 16, 2020 |
myles16:Stop saying what you don't know. Nigerians where? That's too extreme for an average Nigerian. Even this hackers couldn't hack directly. What they did was to breach the account of a Twitter admin then from there gain access to high profile accounts. 1 Like |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Nobody: 6:02am On Jul 16, 2020 |
HitlerGaddafi: They don't even have to breach any account. They can speak directly to those Twitter employees. Stuff is during that work at home period, those employees had access to the company's systems at home. Any spouse , boyfriend or girlfriend with fraudulent intention could pull that off. Social engineering hacking does not need any superior computer skills to execute. It is as simple as logging into your Nairaland account and changing your profile picture as long as you have the password to login. 1 Like |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by myles16(m): 6:02am On Jul 16, 2020 |
correctguy2010: I never said a Nigerian did it, but you're all mentioning Russia like they're no Nigerians in Russia, I said he shouldn't underestimate Nigerians too that's all....plus don't be too sure it was a Russian that pulled that, it was just a single bitcoin wallet for all and it's only Nigerians that uses that dull Bitcoin format |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Nobody: 6:03am On Jul 16, 2020 |
hahn: Including Bill Gates? Come on, that's a data breach at Twitter most likely. |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by HitlerGaddafi: 6:06am On Jul 16, 2020 |
fairheart:Stop arguing with them. It's one thing to buy tools to hack with, it's another thing to create your own tool out of nowhere that perfectly suits the havoc you want to wreck. Nigerians aren't there yet. There are levels to these things. Many people think we are intelligent because one naija dey go UK carry first class come back or because one naija dey head one institution for abroad. Lol lots of Indians and Asians and people from Africa are travelling there to and going back home with first class, making waves so what's the noise for? We too dey hype ourselves and actually Nigerians know nothing. 7 Likes |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by jaxxy(m): 6:08am On Jul 16, 2020 |
loneprof: U are quite correct. Looking at the personalities selected. Bt I’m 100% sure Nigerian scammers are on twitter or hacking profiles the day I saw a pop msg on uba’s Official twitter account. It was a a dumby page to verify ur bvn right there on UBA’s official handle. I was like is this a joke or are they not seeing this pop up page emanating from the handle. It’s was an unusual verification page asking for very personal details to be imputed just to verify ur bvn for no purpose. Lol I immediately knew it was a hackers phishing page. I forgot to screen save it. So Not surprised by this at all. Twitter has been compromised long ago or atleast 2weeks back when I noticed the unusual. So I can’t completely rule out Nigerian connections either in this. |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by NewDelhi(m): 6:15am On Jul 16, 2020 |
mrkels:They made that amount in just 10min bro. If the tweet had been left longer before Twitter deleted and blocked the account from tweeting, they would have made a fortune to last a life time in just an hour. |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by bluefilm: 6:18am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Hushpuppi still working from |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by MrNipplesLover(m): 6:19am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Make dem no sha bring their mumu suspicions on Nigerians. cos any small internet fraud, scamming or hacking like this, na Nigeria dem go start to dey look. no thanks to Hushdonkey and his co-criminal Woodperish. 3 Likes |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by farem: 6:20am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Las las nothing is safe here but up there. Wealth gathered without being heavenly-minded is as fickle as anything. We are warned, Satan the greatest hacker is just testing the ground with his minuscule. All earthly based wealths are going to end up in his hand during the Antichrist's reign. Jesus forewarns: "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal" Matthew 6:19 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by NewDelhi(m): 6:21am On Jul 16, 2020 |
This one lose 15,000 worth of btc lol 1 Like
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Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by IMASTEX: 6:22am On Jul 16, 2020 |
visiondee:Na when the money small, na him FBI fit not get him time. No matter how him over guard himself, them fit track am. I.e. Nor be him do the phone or laptop when he want use, not be him get network, nor be him also get the email address control, etc. Them go use those take start him matter, come join am with the sugar rush wey go following him new behaviours after increasing cash flow to unimaginable level within a short time, social media stunt, etc. |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by myles16(m): 6:25am On Jul 16, 2020 |
HitlerGaddafi: I never said the hacker was a Nigerian, it might be anybody... 1. Hackers hide their identities 2. They look for loop holes before launching their attacks.. that's why most big companies like FB and co pay thousands of dollars to bug hunters and pentesters.. we are humans and can never be perfect even twitter, Facebook and co still have bugs.. if things like this don't happen how would they strengthen their security |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by IMASTEX: 6:26am On Jul 16, 2020 |
NewDelhi:They have obviously scammed him, too bad. |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by 2cribz: 6:30am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Men... see simple cashing out format. Nice scampage. Your own na to just sleep,play game,chop,alert go be steady for bitcoin. Shaply build house under 2weeks. I suspect indians,asians or russians. You see these ans ans ans wey you see so. Fear them. They are deadly. Just a phone and internet. Abi una no see one indian billioniare wey use gold do face mask. Hushpuppy don make all boys dey at alert worldwide. Hushpuppy don make hackers both home and away dey find latest way to take pass am.dem sef wan pass 1billion dollars. Fbi fbi. This year una no go fit sleep well o. Work full ground remain for una. See simple hacking. Well make we dey check instagram. Person fit misbehave soon.if u see luxury cars uploaded na them them 1 Like |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Goalnaldo(m): 6:37am On Jul 16, 2020 |
This wasn't the first time Elon Musk's account would be hacked. I remember few months ago I saw a similar message from his verify twitter account referring people to his website. I was confused because that is purely scam. Meanwhile, I observed that apart from the Bitcoin wallet posted on Kardashians account, all other address are the same. 1 Like |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by omenka(m): 6:47am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Osamagioghowewi:But you have no idea those behind that. What if they're Nigerians? Or you think this is too sophisticated to come from us? |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Nobody: 6:48am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Nigerians are such big egotists I have always wondered what makes Nigerians so proud and think we did everything. That we have many Yahoo boys doesn't mean we are smart enough to do this badass hacking. Someone even said her brother can hack Obama's Twitter. Smh. This is not phishing here, Obama and co are much too smart for that. This is the word of Russia and IT wicked Asians. It's like assuming a yahoo boy can hack Pentagon. What kinda pride! Hush puppy with all his money was a dumbass. He was nothing but a picker. I wouldn't be surprised if those who loaded his accounts were connected to Russian or Chinese or Indian loaders. Hushpuppy was just an account man. Find us bank account ( which he probably did through dating format) that's all. No tech here. Look Nigerians are not super oo. Don't be fooled. We are just the loudest country in the world. Asians and Indians go to Western universities and rape them properly in Tech and mathematics and medical sciences. Their nations will never shout it. Na norms. Chinese President will never congratulate you for topping Harvard. Na norms. This countries have high honor standards. It is only Nigeria that will be making noise when foreign born Nigerians and black Europeans with roots from here blow( AJ, etc) . These guys are just benefitting from the system. It had nothing to do with Nigeria. Nigeria is great as a big country. But don't ever hype Nigeria. It's the biggest country in Africa so it's normal our guys make big achievements. It's just normal probability. Nigeria has a country is still filled with dumbasses all around. If we are smart how come a dullard rules us. Look at all your politicians. How did they come to rule you? These are guys that wouldn't clean poo is China! Kenya produced US president, no noise, no big hype. The second most powerful ful man in the UK, the lord chancellor of the Exchequer is an Indian. No noise. No hype. We should learn to stop with the hype. It doesn't do well for us. Forget about western trained Nigerians. Nothing is actually great about this Nigeria. Our yahoo boys are just desperate and have the proper environment here because they hands of FBI are not that long and they don't chase petty yahoo boys. Most of the yahoo boys here will be caught within months in the USA. Nothing special. Just simple knock on door and it will be FBI. 24 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by sirblend: 6:49am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Poshriel: Has he recovered from betting addiction?. Cos I am interested in such customized VPN. 1 Like |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by themmydhayhor(m): 6:49am On Jul 16, 2020 |
seanwilliam: Nigeria no get hackers reach those guys na just fraudster plenty for this part of the world including our politicians |
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Kingdemi212019: 7:04am On Jul 16, 2020 |
Nah Ronaldo and Messi account they suppose go hack for Instagram , 80% of those who trade btc are male and football lovers .. |
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