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Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by CODEIN: 9:55am On Jul 16, 2020
shogsman:

See this mumu,ordinary ibadan boys here go hack them for cruise ,you no know anything
na u be the real mumu because una dey mistake phishing wey anybody fit do with wetin dem dey call hacking, those ibadan and warri boys don collect all the facebook and instagram accounts used by your family members so you dey impressed kon dey follow join call dem hackers.
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by CODEIN: 10:02am On Jul 16, 2020
HitlerGaddafi:
We too dey hype ourselves and actually Nigerians know nothing.
Hitler na wetin i dey tell these codeine drinkers since be that, any small thing m, dem go dey brag like say na dem sabi pass, na him dem never hack bank account of our evil politicians, dem never hack the emails of evil people in govt to expose wetin dey their inbox for all to read? Naija tech head dey there na im dem never invent one technology thing like machine wey go dey create orrdinary tooth pick wey dem still dey import, fake one for that matter.
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by nyiamfrank: 10:09am On Jul 16, 2020
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Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Nobody: 10:09am On Jul 16, 2020
EazyJ:

I agree with you. The countries you mentioned including Pakistan are way ahead of us when it comes to IT.
Don't mind those saying otherwise.

cool
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by dejavuh0007(m): 10:17am On Jul 16, 2020
BornRicch:


You be mumu big M U M U. Do you think one are expose to know everything in this life. Tell me someone haven't taking you for a ride before?
From your outburst I can only come to the conclusion that you fell for the scam also, or that you've been probably scammed more times than you can remember due to your foolishness and greediness. Here's not the place to vent ur anger and frustration, direct it towards the scammers that scammed u, idiot.
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by ostechno(m): 10:18am On Jul 16, 2020
visiondee:
I can bet my balls many would have fallen for this scam...
If devil one use ahm well, make e just loose guard drop small clue of himself...
The hacker made the total of 12 BTC worth 42 million naira
It's too small for hacking such high profile account
They could have earned more with other tricks
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by CODEIN: 10:20am On Jul 16, 2020
BlackNeo:
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.
Alas! A most sensible, well-thought out response I’ve read in weeks on this cesspit called a forum. You reflection on this topic is right on track. I’ve been lashing all those animals coming here to gloat how of a tech-savvy Nigerians are, when we have deep thinking tech researchers in advanced countries combing for exploits and loopholes for months with dedicated hours of non-stop exploit testing and penetration feedback. Nigeria that can’t even provide stable electricity supply to the general populace is where brilliant and sharp minded programmers and hackers want to be found. Like you said, Nigerians are egotists, self-hyping zombies. What’s annoying is how they (including the press) all keep referring to hushpuppy, invictus, tobechukwu etc as hackers when they are not even close to what defines even what a hacker is, much more a pro or an elite hacker.

Good post blackneo

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Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by JBoss25(m): 10:20am On Jul 16, 2020
ostechno:

The hacker made the total of 12 BTC worth 42 million naira
It's too small for hacking such high profile account
They could have earned more with other tricks
like? grin
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by anyicash(m): 10:22am On Jul 16, 2020
BornRicch:

I would have love to insult you but I will reserve my comment... Why do you think Russia, India and China are behind it? How about if it's someone somewhere that's not even from the countries you mentioned above. Have sense abeg nah the problem I dey get with some Naija people like you acting wise but your upstairs nothing dey inside. Business compromise emails nah Ali baba work be that, if you know you know. No be small pikin work you need wisdom and lots of effort sitting with your laptop every minute. Nothing is easy in this life. Respect Nigeria even though we're not very good in hacking but I'm certain if we make up our mind to do it Russia, China, India no go fit outsmart us. Ask Facebook how far!!!
Guy you know what you are saying..i can see your inductive reasonings..you are right with all you have said..don't underestimate nobody especially in this world of technology and internet..anyone can be anything and can do anything, whether you are from Nigeria or Anywhere in Europe or America..History has thought us that you can be and do whatever you want to do including Nigerians.
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by anyicash(m): 10:25am On Jul 16, 2020
IBvoss:
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.
Another Critical thinking..Organised Crime syndicates can do anything and even go extra mile to achieve their target.
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by anyicash(m): 10:27am On Jul 16, 2020
loneprof:


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.
I apologise on his behalf, he may be a little bit paranoid cos some folks here already have insulted him only because he was trying to air oou his own point of view which will as well educate some of here..i am sorry Bro we are all here to learn.

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Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by pyrex23(m): 10:31am On Jul 16, 2020
grossintel:
Paste the wallet address here. I checked, it's still 12btc.

saw 800+ btc this morning on Twitter..
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by CODEIN: 10:33am On Jul 16, 2020
BlackNeo:
Truth is the perpetrator will be caught pa. This is a big scam. I don't think the person doesn't want to be caught. These are big targets. The scammer wants to pass a message and he knows he will be caught. Lol the entire force of law and investigation will fall on him. By the time the heavy hands of US law agencies serve subpoenas all around, every company that he used their tools will hand over all the info they have to get him. He intentionally bleeped with the big fish. Of course he will be caught
What makes you so certain he will get caught or planned on getting caught all along ?

BlackNeo, there are sorcerers in hacking, the Kevin Mitnick of this digital era who are super-elite. And inly a sorcerer with knowledge of superior magic spell can beat the other sorcerer. They understand the language of programming and hackig in and out. They know how to ghost off, and would have accounted for all the things you pointed out and didn’t even thought of.

All the subpoenas in the world may never get the hacker(s) involve in this kind of infamy, has any one from the Anonymous hackgroup been caught, thank goodness those ones are using their skills for a somewhat justified cause in a well coordinated network of attacks, just imagine them applying their skill on financial gains, what if they were even behind this, to gather funds to procure resources for a much bigger attack in the future? Thos guys are strict, committed, orientated and focused.
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Nobody: 10:36am On Jul 16, 2020
pyrex23:


saw 800+ btc this morning on Twitter..
That's not true, I know the wallet address, I checked the wallet address. The final balance is 12btc, check it yourself

1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by CODEIN: 10:44am On Jul 16, 2020
Folarinibrahim1:
continue to deceive yourself bro. I've friends that shut down school network, manipulate the system, target different big sites and gain access. Trust me, a lot of things are possible when hackers come together to pull a job. Tho I'm not saying a Nigerian did this but we have good hackers here too, no caps.

This particular scam looks like an insider job to me. Maybe a former Twitter employee.
BlackNeo and I don’t need to trust you, you need to understand us when we say Nigerians, infact Africans are still very far from there. Those your friends who did those things you said got you impressed, and are most likely testing how to fly after learning what was placed there by the same people who created the resources and tools they employ and learned from. Testing their skills on Nigerian websites made by Nigerians, defacing one crappy-looking, bug-ridden WAEC, JAMB and similar other government websites to impress you does not qualify them to be in the same category of the types of hackers who can pull off sophisticated exploits on well guarded and secured network.

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Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by ostechno(m): 10:51am On Jul 16, 2020
JBoss25:
like? grin
I'm telling you, with such number of accounts hacker, they could've earned more
Thesame type of scam happens on YouTube. I was following the Bitcoin wallet, they made $2m in 5 days from YouTube

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Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by CODEIN: 10:56am On Jul 16, 2020
sexylassie2:


The hack is an inside job by some twitter employees who used twitter admin platform to do the heist.
And you’re sure of that how so, because you were there when it was about to go down, smh Nigerians!
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by pyrex23(m): 10:59am On Jul 16, 2020
grossintel:
That's not true, I know the wallet address, I checked the wallet address. The final balance is 12btc, check it yourself

1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh


it was more than one btc address sha
but probably didn't see it correctly then,
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Happyfela(m): 11:06am On Jul 16, 2020
Who are you bro. I'm picking an interest in you.
loneprof:
Some of you typing "Nigerians" seem not to know that IT knowledge in this part of the world is still limited. Scams like this one are usually the work of an insider or from more advanced countries like Russia, China, India or the US itself. I don't really know for sure, but I'm willing to bet it's not a Nigerian. Hushpuppi and co. just send business compromise emails to get account details with fake internet IDs, I believe this is way advanced...
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by FahBuLous: 11:10am On Jul 16, 2020
So we all stayed up late to shout "HAPPY NEW YEAR" for this kind of year....
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by FahBuLous: 11:12am On Jul 16, 2020
samsam2019:
People behind it would be swimming in 100s of million dollars right now
No be lie
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Nobody: 11:13am On Jul 16, 2020
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Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by sexylassie2(f): 11:18am On Jul 16, 2020
CODEIN:
And you’re sure of that how so, because you were there when it was about to go down, smh Nigerians!

continue shaking your head, it was written by well known cyber security analysts, even twitter confirmed it.
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by CODEIN: 11:21am On Jul 16, 2020
sexylassie2:


continue shaking your head, it was written by well known cyber security analysts, even twitter confirmed it.
Link please and btw some jobless yoots needs your attention here https://www.nairaland.com/5994215/when-asking-out-let-go
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by teamoneline: 11:29am On Jul 16, 2020
HitlerGaddafi:

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.

Aswear, an over hype be away problem. small romance we don reach orgasm.
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Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by abduljabbar4(m): 11:46am On Jul 16, 2020
Osamagioghowewi:
I m waiting for Twitter CEO respond grin grin grin



I Dey wait for who go criticize Nigeria as the biggest scamming nation, we still Dey learn, now because our government Dey join give us bad image



With the exeption of the likes of Hushpuppy, Nigerian scammers often use dumb and archaic methods to scam. If this country had a good law enforcement system, Nigerian scammers would run out of business.

These ones are only more skilled and more technical but Nigerians scam more people than any other nationals. Even Zambians now see us as scammers. If there were scammers in US proportional to our percentage of scammers here, the West would be in trouble. They have far more skilled scammers, but we have far more scammers.
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Nobody: 11:49am On Jul 16, 2020
Happyfela:
Who are you bro. I'm picking an interest in you.
LoL and why the interest bro? I'm just another Happy Fella! wink grin

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Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by INCREDIBLE007(m): 11:55am On Jul 16, 2020
Sinmi101:
Someone is trying to break hushpuppy's record
the guy son surpass am joor
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by INCREDIBLE007(m): 11:56am On Jul 16, 2020
abduljabbar4:




With the exeption of the likes of Hushpuppy, Nigerian scammers often use dumb and archaic methods to scam. If this country had a good law enforcement system, Nigerian scammers would run out of business.

These ones are only more skilled and more technical but Nigerians scam more people than any other nationals. Even Zambians now see us as scammers. If there were scammers in US proportional to our percentage of scammers here, the West would be in trouble. They have far more skilled scammers, but we have far more scammers.
those guys are good o
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by chaloskyx: 12:26pm On Jul 16, 2020
oya let inter pol and FBI also track and arrest these ones and make a public spectacle of them they wont especially when they know the scammers are from the west or US but if its to drag and tarnish the image of Nigerias and Africans for a few bad eggs they wont hesitate to do so....bunch of racist
Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Tim1212(m): 12:47pm On Jul 16, 2020
The did has been done, what is the way forward.
We need professional advice on how to track this scammer.

Jack is working hard to track them down.

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