Cybersecurity
Twitter Hackers Leave Trail With Bitcoin Wallet Money Shifts
- One account has used a U.S. exchange, payment processors
- FinCEN asks crypto exchanges to report suspicious activities
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Whoever is behind the security incident involving some of the most prominent business and political leaders on Twitter -- a scam that raised about $120,000 worth of Bitcoin -- is shifting the spoils around online accounts, creating the beginnings of a digital paper trail that investigators are scouring for clues.
Hackers gained access to the Twitter accounts of executives including Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos and Tesla Inc. Founder Elon Musk, asking users to direct Bitcoin to one of three different accounts, said Tom Robinson, co-founder of Elliptic, which helps law-enforcement agencies track Bitcoin-related crime.