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Re:Who’s behind Wednesday’s epic Twitter hack? by ValueNull on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:09PM (#23866231)
Yep, the newest strategy of the Twitter crypto scammers is to hack verified accounts of lesser-known users, then change the account name and profile picture to that of the user they wish to imitate.
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Re:Who’s behind Wednesday’s epic Twitter hack? by jobigoud on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:16AM (#23868349)
Wait a minute, you can change the name of a verified account without going through verification again?
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Re:Who’s behind Wednesday’s epic Twitter hack? by telotortium on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:23AM (#23868394)
Yep, @Noahpinion changes his like every week.
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