https://locodigital.com.br/en/tags/bitcoin/Recent content in Bitcoin on LocodigitalHugoen-USSat, 18 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0300https://locodigital.com.br/en/technology/twitter-hack-2020-social-engineering-and-bitcoin/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0300https://locodigital.com.br/en/technology/twitter-hack-2020-social-engineering-and-bitcoin/<p>On 15 July 2020, anyone who opened Twitter at 20:00 UTC saw something impossible: Barack Obama asking people to send him Bitcoin. Joe Biden too. Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Apple, Uber. All posting the same message: <em>"Send $1,000, get $2,000 back."</em> In 45 minutes, 320 people transferred Bitcoin to the attackers' wallet. The total: $118,000 stolen before Twitter managed to delete the posts. Whoever was behind it wasn't an elite state-sponsored group. It was a 17-year-old from Tampa, Florida.</p>