{"id":11012,"date":"2024-02-26T10:10:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T08:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/hackers-compromise-microstrategys-x-account-for-phishing-scheme\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T10:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T08:10:57","slug":"hackers-compromise-microstrategys-x-account-for-phishing-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/hackers-compromise-microstrategys-x-account-for-phishing-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Compromise MicroStrategy&#8217;s X Account for Phishing Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 25, hackers took control of MicroStrategy&#8217;s X account and posted malicious links promoting a fake token giveaway of MSTR.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">there was a second best after all<\/p>\n<p>(hacked acc if not obvious lol) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cdLqbqiiCO\">pic.twitter.com\/cdLqbqiiCO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spreek (@spreekaway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spreekaway\/status\/1761914062609248287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Users who clicked the link were prompted to connect their wallets and request a fake airdrop, allowing hackers to gain control over the victims&#8217; addresses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to on-chain investigator ZachXBT, the estimated losses amounted to around $440,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">0xe7645b8672b28a17dd0d650a5bf89539c9aa28da<\/p>\n<p>~$440K stolen from the compromise so far<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ZachXBT (@zachxbt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachxbt\/status\/1761920023441060272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Researchers from Scam Sniffer reported that one user lost over $420,000 in various altcoins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">someone lost $424,786 worth of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24wBAI&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$wBAI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24wPOKT&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$wPOKT<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24CHEX&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$CHEX<\/a> to phishing scams about 5 minutes ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GEJvHEXuM7\">pic.twitter.com\/GEJvHEXuM7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scam Sniffer | Web3 Anti-Scam (@realScamSniffer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realScamSniffer\/status\/1761916915239530831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some of the funds were sent to the hacker&#8217;s wallet associated with the compromised MicroStrategy account, while others were transferred to two addresses linked to the PinkDrainer group.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/debank.com\/profile\/0xe7645b8672b28a17dd0d650a5bf89539c9aa28da\">DeBank<\/a>, the hacker holds $329,684 at the time of writing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some market participants pointed out the obvious nature of the scam. A British crypto investor known as Cobie <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cobie\/status\/1761925628033679859\">noted<\/a> that MicroStrategy, which focuses exclusively on Bitcoin, is unlikely to launch a token on Ethereum.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cObviously, I&#8217;m trying not to blame the victims, but you have to be special to believe in a MicroStrategy token launch after [the firm&#8217;s founder] Michael Saylor spent years saying &#8216;there is no second best&#8217; and &#8216;you only use one chair&#8217;,\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously, the team behind the gaming Web3 project Notcoin reported a breach of their X account.<\/p>\n<p>Back in January, a hacker <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hacker-breaches-algorand-ceos-x-account-to-criticise-project\">gained control over the X account<\/a> of Algorand Foundation CEO Staci Warden, not to post phishing links, but to criticize the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 25, hackers took control of MicroStrategy&#8217;s X account and posted malicious links promoting a fake token giveaway of MSTR.\u00a0 there was a second best after all (hacked acc if not obvious lol) pic.twitter.com\/cdLqbqiiCO \u2014 Spreek (@spreekaway) February 26, 2024 Users who clicked the link were prompted to connect their wallets and request a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[44,1207],"class_list":["post-11012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cybercrime","tag-microstrategy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}