There's also the fact that entire forums exist around selling accounts (or access to accounts). One such site, swapd.co, has a pinned post for Twitter "username

There's also the fact that entire forums exist around selling accounts (or access to accounts). One such site, swapd.co, has a pinned post for Twitter "username claims" and "account recovery", among other things. This site has sold admin panel access that has been responsible for a lot of crypto scams [0] in the past. Nobody's account is safe. Doesn't matter what 2FA methods you use, whether you're verified or not, how many followers you have, all it takes is a couple grand for someone else to take it over. > The impact of both of these was basically zero. Per the Wikipedia article you linked, the attackers got $110k in Bitcoin, which is not "basically zero" (even if the price of BTC has fallen since then). [0]: https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=researcher-zachxbt-alleges-that-teenager-who-stole-crypto-worth-37-million-in-2020-is-responsible-for-a-spate-of-crypto-related-twitter-hacks https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=researcher-zachxbt-alle...