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Hacker breaches 15 X accounts, nets $500K boosting bogus memecoins: ZachXBT

ZachXBT says a hacker has breached 15 crypto-focused X accounts to share scam memecoins that have netted the attacker around $500,000.

A threat actor has stolen around $500,000 over the last month from launching memecoin phishing scams on 15 compromised X accounts, according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT.

The perpetrator impersonated the X team and sent fake copyright infringement notices to create a sense of urgency and trick the social media platform’s users into visiting phishing sites, ZachXBT explained in a Dec. 24 X post.

The victims would then unknowingly use the fake site to reset their X account passwords and two-factor authentication (2FA) logins.

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MicroStrategy’s Saylor fuses work email address with Bitcoin Lightning

Fans of the Bitcoin bull have been transferring him 21 Satoshis as a way to test out the feature.

The Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network has integrated into the corporate email address of Michael Saylor, a Bitcoin bull and co-founder of business intelligence software firm MicroStrategy.

In an April 17 tweet, the former chief executive of the firm shared a screenshot with his 3 million Twitter followers of a few transactions sent to “saylor@microstrategy.com” from others in the form of Satoshis or “Sats” — the smallest denomination of Bitcoin.

MicroStrategy’s integration is enabled by the Lightning Address protocol, which allows users to link an “Internet Identifier” like an email address rather than having to copy wallet addresses or use QR codes.

It is unclear if MicroStrategy integrated the feature into all corporate emails at the firm.

The Lightning Network is a popular Bitcoin layer 2 scaling solution, which is capable of processing 1 million transactions per second (TPS) for a base fee of 1 Satoshi, or around four cents.

Saylor, who now serves as executive chairman at the firm, has been the mastermind behind MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin investment strategy that aims to strengthen the firm’s balance sheet.

Related: Coinbase CEO says Bitcoin Lightning is 'something we’ll integrate'

MicroStrategy has spent $4.17 billion to accumulate 140,000 BTC since the company began buying in March 2021. The firm’s average purchase price is $29,800 according to data from Buy Bitcoin Worldwide.

With the price of Bitcoin currently sitting at $29,400, MicroStrategy is down a mere 1.3% on its total investment.

However, the firm was in the green again for a short period of time last week when Bitcoin broke through the $30,000 mark.

Cointelegraph contacted MicroStrategy for comment on its plans to integrate the Lightning Network in more of its corporate email addresses but did not receive an immediate response.

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Report: Crypto Exchange Gemini Suffers From Data Breach, 5.7 Million Emails Allegedly Leaked

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