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Keeping in mind the attackers will not be able to perform this stunt again though the same attack vector, It could also simply be that the attackers overestimat

Keeping in mind the attackers will not be able to perform this stunt again though the same attack vector, It could also simply be that the attackers overestimated how much they would make from this attack.

searchableguy 6y ago
I doubt that. For one, they wouldn't be reusing the crypto messages from the past which have been seen by everyone on twitter a thousand times. I ignore based on tweet rather than looking at who tweeted it most of the time. So they at least would write new messages if they were after money. There are so many ways to make money that even a dumb person could find something better than posting crypto ads without compromising on opsec.
- quonn 6y ago
  Yeah, but Twitter will surely: a) fix the bug if it‘s in their APIs b) roll out a framework to be able to respond quickly in the future. Like a regex on their edge servers.
  - gsich 6y ago
    That scam existed before. Youtube had this issue already.
ilaksh 6y ago
I think they have proven that it works with thousands of YouTube videos with the same scam and basically the same operating mode (impersonating famous people). They have made quite a lot of money. So they are probably on at least their second attack vector by now. I mean, who knows, based on the massive number of imposter YouTube stream BTC giveaway scams, this might be a whole sub-industry in India by now. Similar to fake virus scams etc.