Hack history / 2020 / Hack or exploit
Hack or exploit on Jul 16, 2020 · Account Compromise
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$117K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,663
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
In the early hours of this morning, many celebrity politicians and some companies' Twitter accounts were attacked by hackers, and these Twitter accounts all published relevant digital currency phishing scam information. However, the phishing information was deleted a few minutes after it was posted. As of now, the scammers have received 12.86 bitcoins in total.
Details
- Date
- Jul 16, 2020
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Account Compromise
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Twitter hack, Jul 16, 2020: $117K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht6d2bdfa603/ (data as of 2026-10-31).