X Disrupts Password-Recovery Attack on Hundreds of Thousands of Accounts
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche confirms X stopped a mass password-recovery attack before any accounts were compromised and that DOJ is assisting the probe.
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that X disrupted a large-scale password-recovery attack that targeted hundreds of thousands of accounts.
No accounts were compromised in the incident.
The Department of Justice is working with X to identify those responsible.
Relevance to crypto users
Crypto-related X accounts are frequently targeted because they can be used to promote fake airdrop scams.
The exact number of targeted accounts and any specific impact on crypto accounts remain unquantified in the statement.