Les pirates s'emparent du Twitter de Robinhood pour promouvoir le jeton d'arnaque

• Robinhood’s social media profiles suffered a hack, which the company claims was carried out by a third-party vendor.
• Le pirate se serait enfui avec plus de $8 000 en espèces.
• L'un des canaux les plus populaires pour les pirates informatiques pour trouver des victimes est les réseaux sociaux.

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La page Twitter officielle de la plateforme d'investissement cryptographique Robinhood aurait été compromise et reprise par des pirates, qui ont utilisé la plateforme pour promouvoir un faux jeton. Selon plusieurs rapports, les pirates ont partagé le mercredi 25 janvier un tweeter promoting a new token called “RBH” on the Binance Smart Chain. The scam token had an initial price of $0.005. However, the token turned out to be fraudulent, and holders could neither sell nor transfer them after purchase.

The tweets were later deleted. However, about 10 users had purchased $1000 worth of the tokens before then. According to reports, other social media profiles belonging to Robinhood were also attacked. Internet detective ZackXBT published a Binance Smart Chain scan that showed that the scammers managed to escape with 26,955 BNB tokens, or about $8,200. ZackXBT claimed the wallet that benefited from the scam was housed on Binance. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, CEO of Binance, later announced that the account had been locked “pending further investigations.”

Robinhood a réagi à la situation en disant:

We’re aware of the unauthorized posts from Robinhood Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook profiles, which were all removed within minutes. At this time, based on our ongoing investigation, we believe the source of the incident was via a third-party vendor.

Changpeng Zhao also took the moment to advise users to always exercise caution, “even if the account looks or is real.” Twitter escroqueries sont en augmentation depuis l'année dernière. Les pirates qui cherchent à promouvoir de faux jetons ou projets cryptographiques piratent des comptes Twitter et envoient des tweets avec des liens nuisibles qui pourraient entraîner des attaques de phishing ou des téléchargements de logiciels malveillants. Bon nombre de ces fraudes reposent sur des offres attrayantes telles que la crypto-monnaie gratuite pour inciter les utilisateurs à effectuer des paiements.

Cybercriminals managed to breach Twitter’s security in 2020 and impersonate accounts belonging to prominent individuals such as former US President Barack Obama and then Vice President Joe Biden. Federal investigators claim the attack wiped out $117,000 in BTC. However, the culprits were later found and arrested.

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