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  • FBI Reportedly Investigating Twitter Hack That Hit Joe Biden And Dozens Of Top Accounts

    From forbes.com

    The FBI is reportedly taking the lead on a federal inquiry into Wednesday’s Twitter hack after a Bitcoin scam appeared on high-profile accounts like Joe Biden, Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian that led the social media site to take the unprecedented step of shutting down the tweeting abilities of every verified account Wednesday afternoon. Reuters reported Thursday that the FBI is leading a federal inquiry into the hacking. Twitter users may have collectively lost at least $120,000 in Wednesday’s scam. The scam involved the high-profile users asking followers to quickly send $1,000 in Bitcoin to a provided address, ... (full story)

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mkjenna
Jul 17, 2020 4:39am
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Quoting NotAtrader
{quote} Yeah why not? Can you appoint someone else with darker record history in terms of hacking other countries?
Yeah, the NSA.
*tinfoil hat on*
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NotAtrader
Jul 17, 2020 10:17am
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Quoting mkjenna
{quote} For no reason that would adhere to logic, mine was meant as a tongue-in-cheek comment. Clearly I missed the mark I doubt this was about a handful of bitcoins, though.
We will se who holds the provided address when the investigation is done. Then we can come back to the topic if that still makes some point or sense.
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mkjenna
Jul 17, 2020 9:35am
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Quoting NotAtrader
{quote} And I know you may have good reason to dislike USA and Americans and I respect that, but the presumption that China or Russia may have done that is quite logical. Again I ask why would NSA hack their own president-candidat and increase the chances of Trump getting re-elected. Trump with his actions is like a pain in the ass for NSA and helping him to get re-elected would be the last thing NSA can think of.
For no reason that would adhere to logic, mine was meant as a tongue-in-cheek comment. Clearly I missed the mark
I doubt this was about a handful of bitcoins, though.
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ultra99
Jul 17, 2020 2:15am
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If this was simple embezzlement, $120k is a very poor haul for the heat generated.
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ultra99
Jul 17, 2020 8:30am
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Severely disappointing that all they did was run a BTC scam tbh.

Imagine teh lolz if they'd e.g. had "Bill Gates" confess all about his twisted masterplan to sterilise the world with his DNA C19 vaccine..
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NotAtrader
Jul 17, 2020 8:13am — Edited
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Quoting mkjenna
{quote} Yeah, the NSA. *tinfoil hat on*
For a moment I thought that I have misunderstood the headline. Aren’t we talking here about American top accounts being hacked? If so, why would NSA try to hack Joe B’s account? Just to compromise him and ruin his election campaign and increase the chances of Trump getting re-elected?
What am I missing?
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NotAtrader
Jul 17, 2020 8:41am — Edited
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Quoting MisterSpread
{quote} You know i respect you and we have nice replies, but sometimes you need to take a step back and dont look at things just monochromatic
And I know you may have good reason to dislike USA and Americans and I respect that, but the presumption that China or Russia may have done that is quite logical. Again I ask why would NSA hack their own president-candidat and increase the chances of Trump getting re-elected. Trump with his actions is like a pain in the ass for NSA and helping him to get re-elected would be the last thing NSA can think of.
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Not-KPMG
Jul 17, 2020 5:00pm
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Not bad for the Sheeple

I mean ONLY 120K from billion Sheeple

Sheeple not THAT dumb

Also holders of Bitcoin are generally smart 👍👍😉🍻
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Not-KPMG
Jul 17, 2020 5:02pm
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Quoting NotAtrader
{quote} We will se who holds the provided address... point or sense.
Speaking from experience - the sh.thead Faketoshi will claim that he owns ALL adresses then some more
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MisterSpread
Jul 17, 2020 8:27am
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Quoting NotAtrader
{quote} Yeah why not? Can you appoint someone else with darker record history in terms of hacking other countries?
You know i respect you and we have nice replies, but sometimes you need to take a step back and dont look at things just monochromatic
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MisterSpread
Jul 19, 2020 8:57pm
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Quoting mkjenna
{quote} For no reason that would adhere to logic, mine was meant as a tongue-in-cheek comment. Clearly I missed the mark I doubt this was about a handful of bitcoins, though.
I don't dislike USA or the American people , I just think that their president + government and the FED are among the very worst institutions of our modern times, also I have never implied that it was the NSA or an inside job from USA.
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NotAtrader
Jul 17, 2020 3:49am
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Quoting MisterSpread
Here we go.... Russia or China right? =))))
Yeah why not? Can you appoint someone else with darker record history in terms of hacking other countries?
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Not-KPMG
Jul 17, 2020 5:05pm
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Quoting ultra99
If this was simple embezzlement, $120k is a very poor haul for the heat generated.
True.

Because we - bitcoin owners are not that duuuum
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MisterSpread
Jul 17, 2020 1:59am
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Here we go.... Russia or China right? =))))
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Ojiego
Jul 17, 2020 3:01am
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I am happy that no matter how shrewd they think they are with their "control mechanisms", some daredevils are out there proving them wrong!!
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