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Is it generally known that this hack was live for at least a few days, not just Wednesday? I personally saw one of the official @elonmusk scam tweets earlier t

by spir 6y ago

Is it generally known that this hack was live for at least a few days, not just Wednesday? I personally saw one of the official @elonmusk scam tweets earlier this week.

GaryNumanVevo 6y ago
I've been seeing similar scams in Elon's replies, they just copy his profile picture and name and reply with a different account. You might have seen that one
- spir 6y ago
  I am used to spotting cryptocurrency scams. The tweet I saw was from his official account, days before the "Wednesday hack".
  - letmevoteplease 6y ago
    Elon Musk's account getting hacked or promoting a cryptocurrency scam would have made news immediately, so I think you are mistaken.
  - jhardy54 6y ago
    I don't think that's been reported anywhere, could you link to an archive or something?
    - spir 6y ago
      I couldn't find any screenshots, archive.org link, or browser history for the tweet I saw. So, unfortunately I have no evidence that the scam tweets started before Wednesday. We'll see what Twitter finds.
      - jacquesm 6y ago
        Twitter is not incentivized to find anything and make it public if that makes matters look even worse than they already are.
- wp381640 6y ago
  These have been going on for years and Twitter has never managed to put a stop to them. What happen on Wednesday seemed an inevitable escalation. It doesn't help that Twitter's own CEO legitimises and normalises "twitter giveaway bonanza" tweets with his own Square Cash giveaways.
dgut 6y ago
The tweets didn't come from his handle. They were using the same image and name but what really caught my attention was that those accounts had a blue verified badge.
- ValueNull 6y ago
  Yep, the newest strategy of the Twitter crypto scammers is to hack verified accounts of lesser-known users, then change the account name and profile picture to that of the user they wish to imitate.
  - jobigoud 6y ago
    Wait a minute, you can change the name of a verified account without going through verification again?
    - telotortium 6y ago
      Yep, @Noahpinion changes his like every week.

by spir 6y ago

Is it generally known that this hack was live for at least a few days, not just Wednesday? I personally saw one of the official @elonmusk scam tweets earlier this week.

GaryNumanVevo 6y ago

I've been seeing similar scams in Elon's replies, they just copy his profile picture and name and reply with a different account. You might have seen that one

spir 6y ago
I am used to spotting cryptocurrency scams. The tweet I saw was from his official account, days before the "Wednesday hack".
- letmevoteplease 6y ago
  Elon Musk's account getting hacked or promoting a cryptocurrency scam would have made news immediately, so I think you are mistaken.
- jhardy54 6y ago
  I don't think that's been reported anywhere, could you link to an archive or something?
  - spir 6y ago
    I couldn't find any screenshots, archive.org link, or browser history for the tweet I saw. So, unfortunately I have no evidence that the scam tweets started before Wednesday. We'll see what Twitter finds.
    - jacquesm 6y ago
      Twitter is not incentivized to find anything and make it public if that makes matters look even worse than they already are.
wp381640 6y ago
These have been going on for years and Twitter has never managed to put a stop to them. What happen on Wednesday seemed an inevitable escalation. It doesn't help that Twitter's own CEO legitimises and normalises "twitter giveaway bonanza" tweets with his own Square Cash giveaways.

dgut 6y ago

The tweets didn't come from his handle. They were using the same image and name but what really caught my attention was that those accounts had a blue verified badge.

ValueNull 6y ago
Yep, the newest strategy of the Twitter crypto scammers is to hack verified accounts of lesser-known users, then change the account name and profile picture to that of the user they wish to imitate.
- jobigoud 6y ago
  Wait a minute, you can change the name of a verified account without going through verification again?
  - telotortium 6y ago
    Yep, @Noahpinion changes his like every week.