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Hackers Open Sahin Coinbase Account on Twitter

Hacker'lar, Twitter da Sahte Coinbase Hesabı Açtılar

The Belgian non-profit organization's Twitter account was clearly attacked and crypto The swap platform was turned into an account that mimics Coinbase. The translated account released a tweet that appears to be a scam gift promotion that coinbase's celebrated user base growth is celebrated with a giveaway.

The hackers targeted the Belgian Federation of Businesses (FEB), a non-profit organization aimed at promoting the interests of their Belgian business.

After taking control of FEB's Twitter account, hackers changed the account to appear linked to Coinbase. The account description includes a link to the official Coinbase Promotional Account and profile and cover photos as well as the Coinbase brands as well as a link to the official website of Coinbase.

Hackers could not change the name of the Twitter account in VBOFEB, which is a combination of the name of the organization in Dutch and French.

Screen shot of FEB's Twitter account that mimics the Coinbase promotion account January 9

The content and shares of the brand have been removed from the fake Coinbase account, but the retweets are still visible.

Press screen image of FEB's Twitter account on 9 January.

The fake gift tweet released today imitates a common crypto-deceptive model on Twitter, and expects a small amount of bitcoin gift to followers. Hackers' tweets are fake users, claiming to be ın over 30,000,000 inin in honor of the growth of Coinbase's user base BTC they said they would gift.

Image of a scam gift fake Coinbase tweet screenshot

In addition to the Twitter account's identifier (Blue Teak), other indications that the gift tweet and accounts were a scam contained inconsistent number formatting and grammatical errors. The alleged user base of Coinbase was tw 30,000,000 iddia or thirty thousand according to the tweet.

Ran Neuner, the host of the Crypto Trader at CNBC, announced in October that the number of Coinbase user accounts reached 25 million, and that 600,000 users were actively trading on the platform.

The twitter-related gift scam on Twitter often changes the characters in the name of the original account to cheating users who counterfeit the industry's main names, such as Charlie Lee or Elon Musk.

Source: Cointelegraph

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SEC Accuses 5 Insiders of BitConnect for Illegal Promotion

SEC, Yasadışı Tanıtım’dan BitConnect İçerisinden 5 Kişiyi Suçladı

About the five people at BitConnect SECIt said it “violated Federal Securities laws.”

The SEC's complaint is that “persons who support the BitConnect Program are sold without registering the Securities with the Commission and registering as a broker-dealer with the Commission as required by law.” BitConnect's lending program is said to encourage people to invest in potential investors, including Trevon Brown, Craig Grant, Ryan Maasen, and Michael Noble, by creating promotional-style videos and posting them on YouTube. It is also claimed that some YouTube channels that make promotions are paid on a commission basis in return for their promotional efforts.

Shortly after his release, Trevon Brown (better known as Trevon James) posted a tweet saying he didn't deny the charges and said the community would "rally" around him.

Real crypto OG's will rally around me.

The real ones that know the truth, and what happened from day 1.

Talk to you guys soon.⏳#FreeTrevon

— Trevon James, Founder of our.glass Crypto (@BitcoinTre) May 28, 2021

Lara Shalov Mehraban, Deputy Regional Director of the SEC's New York Regional Office,

“We will try to hold accountable those who make illegal profits by taking advantage of the public's interest in digital assets”

said.

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Who Has The Most Bitcoin (BTC) Savings?

Bitcoin Analizi, Bitcoin 5.700 Doları Geçti!

According to the research result, the Winklevoss twins own 150,000 BTC, but there are names that own more Bitcoin than them…

Blockchain Center, which investigates who owns the largest amount of Bitcoin (BTC); From Winklevoss twins to scammers, from hackers to "zombie coins", he laid out all the data.

On the other hand, the most famous hacking case of the cryptocurrency world, Mt. Gox incident allegedly owned 166,000 BTC.

It is claimed that 30,000 BTC seized from the Silk Road scandal is in the hands of Tim Draper.

Plus Token scammers were said to have 200,000 BTC.

On the other hand, “Zombie coins” are surprisingly plentiful. These tokens we are talking about consist of 1.5 million BTC, which will never be used and will not be spent by anyone forever.

Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust is known as the largest institutional Bitcoin investment vehicle and currently holds over 400,000 BTC of liquidity. Lightning Network only holds 1,000 BTC, while Ethereum (ETH) has another 80,000 BTC locked.

Another 2.5 million Bitcoins are expected to enter circulation over time. Time will tell which other names will be included in this list.

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National Fisheries Institute and IBM's Blockchain Tracking System Food Trust

Ulusal Balıkçılık Enstitüsü ve IBM’in Blockchain Takibi Sistemi Food Trust

The United States seafood trade association, the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), is working with Food Trust, IBM's blockchain supply chain solution, to monitor FoodOnline's reports on June 11 seafood and food-related news.

In the report, they mentioned the new system for monitoring the type of seafood jointly carried out by multiple companies. In addition, NFI members representing harvesters, importers, cold storage, food service restaurants and retail sales were also included in the program.

IBM's Blockchain Tracking System Food TrustSIRF President's Statement

The project is funded by the Seafood Industry Research Fund (SIRF), whose chairman Sean O'Scannlain said in a statement on developments:

“The tracking system is nothing new to the seafood industry, but we'll test how blockchain is a new concept, with IBM's Food Tracking system, helping seafood businesses earn revenue and reduce costs to customers from harvest to distribution.”

The system also states who can access and how long companies can control data, and who will retain control after the chain is loaded. Raj Rao, IBM Food Trust general manager Food Food Trust can change any sector, especially when we have large ecosystems, businesses and organizations ” He said.

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Source: Cointelegraph