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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by curiousgal on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:51PM (#23851584)
Where did you get the 2.5BTC number from?

It's more like 1.3BTC by looking up the address on their website.

https://bitref.com/bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wl...

Edit: I stand corrected. Holy crap!

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by NocturnalWaffle on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:52PM (#23851603)
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n...

5.9BTC now

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by pier25 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:10PM (#23851882)
11 BTC received !!!
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by jcfrei on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:52PM (#23851611)
This one's a bit more up-to-date: https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/address/bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n...
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by Joeboy on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:52PM (#23851606)
Those are both tiny sums anyway.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by puranjay on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:28PM (#23852135)
Right, total about $55k received so far. Big numbers, sure, but probably not worth the heat you'd receive with going after such prominent accounts.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by GranPC on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:54PM (#23851644)
2.5 BTC = $23,000
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by Joeboy on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:55PM (#23851663)
Right, an inconsequential amount.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by danhak on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:08PM (#23851863)
Don't know why you're getting downvoted here. The after hours moves in TWTR and TSLA (assuming they're mostly attributable to the hack) absolutely dwarf the amount collected by the hack itself. TWTR has shed about $643 million in market cap, TSLA $2.4 billion.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by ceejayoz on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:16PM (#23851959)
Why would an after-hours move of less than a percent in $TSLA be attributable to this hack?
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by PeterisP on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:20PM (#23852970)
A bug bounty policy that would have paid out $50k for a vulnerability like this could have prevented all this mess.

A huge impact just to steal (relative) peanuts.

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by monokh on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:53PM (#23851627)
That explorer probably does not count unconfirmed transactions.
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