
Hackers assumem o controle do Twitter de Robinhood para promover token fraudulento
- Robinhood’s social media profiles suffered a hack, which the company claims was carried out by a third-party vendor.
- O hacker supostamente fugiu com mais de $8.000 em dinheiro.
- Um dos canais mais populares para os hackers encontrarem vítimas são as mídias sociais.
A página oficial do Twitter da plataforma de investimento cripto Robinhood teria sido comprometida e tomada por hackers, que usaram a plataforma para promover um token falso. De acordo com vários relatórios, os hackers na quarta-feira, 25 de janeiro, compartilharam um tuitar 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 reagiu à situação, dizendo:
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 golpes têm vindo a aumentar desde o ano passado. Os hackers que procuram promover tokens ou projetos criptográficos falsos invadem contas do Twitter e enviam tweets com links nocivos que podem resultar em ataques de phishing ou downloads de malware. Muitas dessas fraudes dependem de ofertas atraentes, como criptomoeda gratuita, para induzir os usuários a fazer pagamentos.
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.