Hackare tar över Robinhoods Twitter för att marknadsföra Scam Token

• Robinhood’s social media profiles suffered a hack, which the company claims was carried out by a third-party vendor.
• Hackaren ska ha tagit sig av med över $8 000 i kontanter.
• En av de mest populära kanalerna för hackare att hitta offer är sociala medier.

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Den officiella Twitter-sidan för kryptoinvesteringsplattformen Robinhood har enligt uppgift äventyrats och tagits över av hackare, som använde plattformen för att marknadsföra en falsk token. Enligt flera rapporter delade hackarna onsdagen den 25 januari en tweeta 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 reagerade på situationen och sa:

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 bedrägerier har ökat sedan förra året. Hackare som försöker marknadsföra falska kryptotokens eller projekt hackar Twitter-konton och skickar ut tweets med skadliga länkar som kan resultera i nätfiskeattacker eller nedladdning av skadlig programvara. Många av dessa bedrägerier förlitar sig på tilltalande erbjudanden som gratis kryptovaluta för att lura användare att göra betalningar.

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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