{"id":430954,"date":"2020-07-15T20:33:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T20:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=430954"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:05:14","slug":"elon-musks-twitter-seemingly-compromised-tweets-bitcoin-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/elon-musks-twitter-seemingly-compromised-tweets-bitcoin-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Accounts of Elon Musk, Coinbase, Others Push Bitcoin Scam in Apparent Hack"},"content":{"rendered":"
Minutes ago, the Twitter account of Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent out a suspicious message involving Bitcoin.<\/p>\n
The message read: “I’m feeling generous because of COVID-19. I’ll double any BTC payment sent to my BTC address for the next hour…”<\/p>\n
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Attached was a Segwit Bitcoin address.<\/p>\n
The message garnered thousands of likes and retweets in the few minutes it was up.<\/p>\n
Shortly after it was published, the tweet was deleted, with Elon Musk or Twitter admins seemingly regaining authority of the account and deleting the message.<\/p>\n
But it quickly became apparent that this was not the case. The following message was published minutes later, with the account sharing the exact same Bitcoin address with a slightly altered message.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/30850052<\/p>\n
As of this article’s writing, the Bitcoin address has accumulated 2.7 BTC, worth approximately $25,000.<\/p>\n
Under Musk’s tweet are replies from individuals that were affected.<\/p>\n
These messages were not isolated to Elon Musk’s Twitter account, followed by over 36 million around the world.<\/p>\n
Over the past hour as of this article’s writing, prominent Twitter accounts all across the cryptocurrency space have shared suspicious messages.<\/p>\n
Accounts of top Bitcoin analysts posted an advertisement for a \u2018trading group\u2019. And accounts of exchanges and certain industry executives posted a link a message advertising a purported charity campaign, \u201cCrypto for Health.\u201d<\/p>\n
Accounts affected include the @Bitcoin handle, one of the largest crypto handles, Justin Sun, Charlie Lee, trader Angelo, Gemini, Binance, and more.<\/p>\n
All these accounts posted the messages in a short period of time (around within an hour) but not all at the same time.<\/p>\n
Featured Image from Unsplash\r\nTags: btcusd, btcusdt, xbtusd<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minutes ago, the Twitter account of Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent out a suspicious message involving Bitcoin. The message read: “I’m feeling generous because of COVID-19. I’ll double any BTC payment sent to my BTC address for the next hour…” Attached was a Segwit Bitcoin address. The message garnered thousands of likes and retweets in the few minutes it was up. Shortly after it was published, the tweet was deleted, with Elon Musk or Twitter admins seemingly regaining authority of the account and deleting the message. But it quickly became apparent that this was not the case. The following message was published minutes later, with the account sharing the exact same Bitcoin address with a slightly altered message. https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/30850052 As of this article’s writing, the Bitcoin address has accumulated 2.7 BTC, worth approximately $25,000. Under Musk’s tweet are replies from individuals that were affected. Not the Only Account Tweeting a Crypto Scam These messages were not isolated to Elon Musk’s Twitter account, followed by over 36 million around the world. Over the past hour as of this article’s writing, prominent Twitter accounts all across the cryptocurrency space have shared suspicious messages. Accounts of top Bitcoin analysts posted an advertisement for a \u2018trading group\u2019. And accounts of exchanges and certain industry executives posted a link a message advertising a purported charity campaign, \u201cCrypto for Health.\u201d Accounts affected include the @Bitcoin handle, one of the largest crypto handles, Justin Sun, Charlie Lee, trader Angelo, Gemini, Binance, and more. All these accounts posted the messages in a short period of time (around within an hour) but not all at the same time. Featured Image from Unsplash Tags: btcusd, btcusdt, xbtusd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":497,"featured_media":429253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[428,8375,2276,4257],"class_list":["post-430954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-elon-musk","tag-hack","tag-twitter"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Twitter Accounts of Elon Musk, Coinbase, Others Push Bitcoin Scam in Apparent Hack<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n