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Bitcoin scam: A look back at the Twitter hack

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Jochen Lohmann
June 28, 2024

Hackers repeatedly infiltrate celebrities’ social media accounts to post fake Bitcoin offers. Such scams capitalize on star power to lure victims into responding. This was the case in 2020 with the big Twitter hack.

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