James Clapper states that agencies might use information provided by smart devices.
The early investigation in the matter shows that the Florida teen managed to convince a Twitter IT department employee and tricked him into getting insider access and the credential of the Twitter accounts of some famous personalities.
The hackers managed to receive over 400 payments in the scam, or $121,000 worth of Bitcoin. According to Tom Robinson, co-founder of cryptocurrency compliance firm Elliptic, the sum is quite low to become a historic one.
Regardless of the recent Bitcoin scam carried out through a Twitter hack, BTC price remained largely unaffected, only dropping about 1%.
Justin Sun, the BitTorrent CEO and TRON founder, has offered $1 million of his own money to support tracking the Twitter hackers down and bringing them to justice.
Twitter accounts of celebrities, major corporate company accounts, and famous politicians were compromised in one of the biggest Twitter hacks in history. As per Twitter, the hackers managed to access to the company’s internal systems and tools.
James Clapper states that agencies might use information provided by smart devices.