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ValueNull on July 17, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Who’s behind Wednesday’s epic Twitter hack?

Yep, the newest strategy of the Twitter crypto scammers is to hack verified accounts of lesser-known users, then change the account name and profile picture to that of the user they wish to imitate.

jobigoud on July 17, 2020 [–]

Wait a minute, you can change the name of a verified account without going through verification again?

telotortium on July 17, 2020 | [–]

Yep, @Noahpinion changes his like every week.

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