Omani Indian Embassy Twitter account compromised to promote XRP scam
The hackers behind the attack may have been responsible for breaching the Twitter account of the crypto exchange CoinDCX based in India, given similar fake XRP giveaways.
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Scammers hacked the official Twitter account of the Oman Embassy in India, replacing the profile picture with Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and using the reply feature to spam users with fake XRP phishing links.
At press time, the OmanEmbassy_Ind Twitter account showed several retweets matching those of Garlinghouse, apparently in an effort to make the activity legitimate. The hacked account responded to the tweets using the hashtag XRP, encouraging users to sign up for a fake giveaway of 100 million tokens – worth over $42 million at an XRP price of $0.42 .
The hackers behind the fake The CEO of Ripple XRP, identified as "Galringhouse", may have been responsible for breaching India-based crypto exchange CoinDCX's Twitter account, given the similar bogus giveaways. CoinDCX announced on Tuesday that it has restored access to its account. While the crypto exchange's Twitter account has over 230,000 followers, the Oman Embassy in India only had 4,119 at press time.
Important update. pic.twitter.com/RTeIZ5EzRK
— CoinDCX: Making Crypto Accessible to Indians (@CoinDCX) September 20, 2022On Monday, Caroline Pham of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission made waves on social media after
The hackers behind the attack may have been responsible for breaching the Twitter account of the crypto exchange CoinDCX based in India, given similar fake XRP giveaways.
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Scammers hacked the official Twitter account of the Oman Embassy in India, replacing the profile picture with Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and using the reply feature to spam users with fake XRP phishing links.
At press time, the OmanEmbassy_Ind Twitter account showed several retweets matching those of Garlinghouse, apparently in an effort to make the activity legitimate. The hacked account responded to the tweets using the hashtag XRP, encouraging users to sign up for a fake giveaway of 100 million tokens – worth over $42 million at an XRP price of $0.42 .
The hackers behind the fake The CEO of Ripple XRP, identified as "Galringhouse", may have been responsible for breaching India-based crypto exchange CoinDCX's Twitter account, given the similar bogus giveaways. CoinDCX announced on Tuesday that it has restored access to its account. While the crypto exchange's Twitter account has over 230,000 followers, the Oman Embassy in India only had 4,119 at press time.
Important update. pic.twitter.com/RTeIZ5EzRK
— CoinDCX: Making Crypto Accessible to Indians (@CoinDCX) September 20, 2022On Monday, Caroline Pham of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission made waves on social media after
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