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(Source: Tom Raftery via Flickr/CC) Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, a smartphone company, said Tuesday that his Twitter account had been compromised via a third-party app called IFTTT and a tweet had been injected via his profile for an apparent cryptocurrency scam. IFTT - If This Then That - is a service that allows a user to program various kinds of responses to events in the world. The Swedish entrepreneur warned his followers not to fall for the scam, which invites them to participate in a...

By HIGHLIGHTS Hackers posted links to bitcoin scam from official Realme support handle Realme successfully recovered its support account Realme India Support Twitter account hacked briefly to run bitcoin scam Realme India Support’s Twitter handle was allegedly hacked briefly to run a bitcoin scam, putting a spotlight on the security measures taken by Twitter to handle such attacks. This is not the first time a Twitter handle has faced such an ordeal as many high-profile Twitter accounts f...

Teen behind Twitter hack to serve 3 years in juvenile facility, 3 years probation A plea agreement was reached in the case investigators termed the "Bit-con worldwide hack of Twitter." and last updated 2021-03-16 23:23:32-04 TAMPA, Fla. — A plea agreement was reached in the case investigators termed the "Bit-con worldwide hack of Twitter." On Tuesday, the teen they called the mastermind behind it, Graham Clark, pled guilty to 30 charges. A judge sentenced him to three years in a juvenile ...

Wednesday, 17 Mar 2021 09:46 PM MYT State prosecutors announced the deal today in the case of Graham Ivan Clark, 18, described as the mastermind of the July 2020 Bit-Con worldwide hack. — AFP Relaxnews pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. WASHINGTON, March 17 — A Florida teenager accused of masterminding a Twitter hack of celebrity accounts in a crypto currency scheme has been sentenced to three years in juvenile prison in a plea agreement, ...

Updated Jan 14, 2021 at 3:13 p.m. UTC Twitter, Trump and the ‘Private Company’ Fallacy In the wake of the coordinated deplatformings of President Trump, his associates and various conservatives from all manner of internet platforms and services, a common line of justification has been that these internet firms are merely “private companies,” and hence free to do whatever they like. Of course, no firms are truly autonomous in the modern state. From COVID-19 to civil rights, how firms can...