"सन् २०२० ट्विटर बिटकोइन घोटाला" का संशोधनहरू बिचको अन्तर

१५ जुलाई २०२०, २०:०० र २२:०० बिच (अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय प्रमाणिक समय बीच), लाखौँ अनुयायी भएका प्रत्येक ट्विटर खाताहरूलाई बिटकोइन घोटालालाई प्रबर्द्धन गर्नका लागि साइबर आक्रमण गरिएको थियो। पठाइएको पैसा दोब्बर र फिर्ता हुने वचनको साथ घोटालाले व्यक्तिको बिटकोइन मुद्रालाई एक विशिष्ट गुप्तिकृत मुद्रा थौली (अनुवादित शीर्षक) नामक उपकरणमा पठाउन भनेको थियो।<ref name="cnn">{{Cite news |last=Iyengar |first=Rishi |date=July 15, 2020 |title=Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and others apparently hacked |work=[[CNN Business]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/tech/twitter-hack-elon-musk-bill-gates/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716155750/https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/tech/twitter-hack-elon-musk-bill-gates/ |archive-date=July 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{Cite news |date=July 15, 2020 |title=Musk and Gates 'hacked' in apparent Bitcoin scam |language=en-gb |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53425822 |url-status=live |access-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715214235/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53425822 |archive-date=July 15, 2020}}</ref>

वा एक कर्मचारीको खाताबाट सीधा उपकरणमा पहुँच प्राप्त गरेको भन्ने विश्वास गरिन्छ।<ref name="businessinsider">{{Cite news |last=Sheth |first=Sonam |date=July 15, 2020 |title=Former President Barack Obama's Twitter account appears to have been hacked as part of a cryptocurrency scam |work=[[Business Insider]] |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/barack-obama-twitter-account-hacked-in-cryptocurrency-scam-2020-7 |url-status=live |access-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716125720/https://www.businessinsider.com/barack-obama-twitter-account-hacked-in-cryptocurrency-scam-2020-7 |archive-date=July 16, 2020}}</ref>

१२ भन्दा बढी बिटकोइनहरू एक नयाँ ठेगानामा पठाइएको थियो जसको मूल्य  अमेरिकी डलर $१,१०,००० बराबर रहेको थियो। टुइटहरू सार्वजनिक गरिसकेको केही मिनेटपछि, विद्युतीय थैलीका ठेगानाहरूमध्ये एकमा ३२० भन्दा बढी लेनदेनहरू भइसकेका थिए।<ref name="cnbc">{{Cite news |last=Leswing |first=Kif |date=July 15, 2020 |title=Hackers appear to target Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, others in digital currency scam |work=[[CNBC]] |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/15/hackers-appear-to-target-twitter-accounts-of-elon-musk-bill-gates-others-in-digital-currency-scam.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715204728/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/15/hackers-appear-to-target-twitter-accounts-of-elon-musk-bill-gates-others-in-digital-currency-scam.html |archive-date=July 15, 2020}}</ref>

साइबरसुरक्षा कम्पनी क्राउडस्ट्राइक कम्पनीका सह-संस्थापक दिमित्री आल्परोभिचले उक्त घटनालाई “अहिलेसम्मको एक प्रमुख सामाजिक सञ्जाल मञ्चको सबैभन्दा नराम्रो ह्याक” भनेर वर्णन गरेका थिए।<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 15, 2020 |title=Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Bill Gates and more hacked in bitcoin scam |language=en-au |work=[[SBS News]] |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/twitter-accounts-of-elon-musk-barack-obama-bill-gates-and-more-hacked-in-bitcoin-scam |url-status=live |access-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716125902/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/twitter-accounts-of-elon-musk-barack-obama-bill-gates-and-more-hacked-in-bitcoin-scam |archive-date=July 16, 2020}}</ref> ह्याक गर्नका लागि कार्यान्वयन गरिएको सामाजिक अभियान्त्रिकरणले महत्वपूर्ण अनलाइन छलफलहरूमा सामाजिक सञ्जालको प्रयोग र सन् २०२० को संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाको राष्ट्रपति चुनावमा पनि असर गर्ने सक्ने भन्दै सुरक्षा अनुसन्धानकर्ताहरूले चिन्ता व्यक्त गरेका थिए।<ref name="usatoday july16">{{Cite web |last=Guynn |first=Jessica |date=July 16, 2020 |title='Tweet-tastrophe'? It could have been. Twitter hack reveals national security threat ahead of election |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/07/16/twitter-hack-reveals-national-security-threat-election-approaches/5453316002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716213156/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/07/16/twitter-hack-reveals-national-security-threat-election-approaches/5453316002/ |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |access-date=July 16, 2020 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>