July 29, /Arzuw NEWS/. The official Twitter was hacked this morning account European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The hackers shared their first tweet, on behalf of the EBRD, at 9:00 a.m. Ashgabat time. The tweet reads, "The EBRD is doing something special for its Twitter followers. To give back to our community, we are doubling down on all Ethereumsent to the following address.
More than an hour after the first tweet, the bank announced that its accounts @EBRD и @EBRDgreen have been hacked.
Earlier this month, Twitter accounts of several celebrities were hacked and tweets related to cryptocurrency transfers were circulated.
The official accounts of former U.S. President Barack Obama, rapper Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and Mike Bloomberg posted similar tweets Wednesday asking for donations via Bitcoin.
The attackers successfully manipulated a small number of employees and used their credentials to access Twitter's internal systems, including through our two-factor security.
– говорится в заявлении Twitter от 18 июля.
We continue to investigate the incident, work with law enforcement, and determine the long-term actions we need to take to make our systems safer.
Ethereum is the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization after Bitcoin.
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