Scammers Steal Nearly $1 Million After Hijacking Over 8 Top Crypto Twitter Accounts

The group of scammers recently took over accounts belonging to Pudgy Penguins founder, OpenAI CTO and even crypto hater Peter Schiff .< /p> News Join us on social networks

Over the past few weeks, a group of scammers have hacked over eight Twitter accounts belonging to prominent figures in the crypto space to promote phishing scams. The group has stolen almost $1 million worth of crypto so far, according to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT.

In a June 9 Twitter thread, ZachXBT reported that he discovered several "chain-linked" wallets that are linked to phishing scams promoted by the recently hacked accounts.

“While the majority of these attacks were the result of a SIM card swap, it appears other accounts were potentially stolen with a [Twitter admin] panel,” ZachXBT noted.

Over the past few weeks, we have seen more than 8 account takeovers linked to the same group of scammers, as evidenced by the way whose addresses are linked in a chain. .

I hope @TwitterSafety will investigate each attack closely as they resulted in nearly seven digits being stolen. @miramurati…pic.twitter.com/ypnqyb5oNy

The accounts are owned by figures such as Pudgy Penguins founder Cole Villemain, DJ and NFT collector Steve Aoki, and Bitcoin Magazine editor Pete Rizzo.

Surprisingly, the promoter of gold and