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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by baal80spam on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:44PM (#23851460)
> As of now, 121 people have sent cash totally more than 2.5BTC.

Fool and his money are soon parted.

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by zwily on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:27PM (#23852125)
We don’t know how much of that is the attacker sending himself to make it look legit.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by saagarjha on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:28PM (#23852146)
Yeah, but they're incurring transaction fees…
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by tyrust on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:40PM (#23852328)
Baiting the line isn't always free.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by treis on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:07PM (#23852768)
To be fair this does seem like something Elon would do
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by saagarjha on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:28PM (#23852140)
Fools, or people doing it for the lols
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