Security News > 2024 > January > X-ploited: Mandiant restores hijacked Twitter account after attempted crypto heist

Miscreants took over security giant Mandiant's Twitter account for several hours on Wednesday in an attempt to steal cryptocurrency, then trolled the Google-owned security shop, telling its admins to change the password.

"We are aware of the incident that impacted the Mandiant X account and are conducting a thorough investigation," a spokesperson told The Register.

Later, as Mandiant worked to restore its social media account, the fraudsters taunted the threat hunters to "Change password please" and "Check bookmarks when you get account back."

Mandiant isn't the first well-known organization or individual to have its account hijacked.

In September 2023 Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, who has expressed opinions about the Musk-owned platform, had his X account hacked with his followers losing $691,000 in digital assets.

Mandiant's short-lived compromise comes as another security firm, CloudSEK, warns of a "Surge" in criminals taking over and then selling X "Gold" accounts [PDF] for as much as $2,500.

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