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Official Twitter Accounts of Google Gsuite and Target Hacked and Used in Bitcoin Scam
Severity
Medium
Disclosed PubliclyNovember 13, 2018
Initial Discoveryn/a
Leaked Informationn/a
Attack VectorUnknown
Tags
bitcoinscamtwitter
November 15, 2018
The epidemic of Twitter-based Bitcoin scams took another twist this week as attackers tweeted scams directly from two verified high-profile accounts. Criminals sent posts from both Google’s G Suite account and Target’s official Twitter account.https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/11/15/official-google-twitter-account-hacked-in-bitcoin-scam/