As the cyber world gets bigger,
so does the security problem. The cyber world is becoming a necessity for
people in modern times, but the fears associated with it do not diminish.
Recently, the Twitter accounts of
many big politicians, tech companies, CEOs of big companies were hacked by
hackers. Those whose Twitter accounts were hacked include former US President
Barack Obama, former US Vice President and Democratic Party presidential
candidate Joe Biden, founder of the most powerful software company Microsoft
Billgates, businessman Elon Musk and companies such as Apple and Uber. The
hackers used the Twitter accounts of celebrities to try to carry out a big
bitcoin scam.
As well as appealing to people to
donate bitcoin through these celebrities. This was a big scam aimed at
misleading Twitter users and grabbing large sums of money. The hackers posted a
message through the Twitter accounts of big celebrities that they want to do social
work and and for that, those who will send money via Bitcoin in 30 minutes.
They will get double the amount back.
Bitcoin is a kind of digital
currency. Which is not in the form of coins and currency notes but is an
electronic currency. Such digital currency transactions have also been approved
in many countries. Although many financial institutions and agencies have
warned of the proliferation of illegal activities by Bitcoin, many still call
Bitcoin digital gold. Since Bitcoin is not the official currency of any
country, it is not controlled by the government. Which is why there is no tax
on Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a completely secret currency and can be kept hidden from
the government. Not only that, it can be bought or sold anywhere in the world.
Even before this, the post of
doubling money through Bitcoin has been coming up on social media. This is the
first time that messages have been posted by hacking the Twitter accounts of
celebrities and companies to carry out such scams.
According to experts, this is the
biggest cyber attack in recent times. However, the company's timeliness
prevented people from falling victim to the scam. But before the hacking could
be uncovered, one million ten thousand dollars worth of bitcoins had reached
the hackers' accounts. So the damage is not so big because the amount is not
too big considering the big celebrities the hackers targeted. It is also being
denied that the hackers did not intend to make money but something else. It has
often happened that hackers resort to such tactics to frustrate the security
system and to show their cleverness.
This time the hacking of the
Twitter account may also be on the angle of the US presidential election. The
US presidential election is coming up later this year. Many experts are saying
that this time the US election is to be fought on Twitter. The role of social
media is going to be the most important in this election. People are avoiding
leaving their homes because of the corona. In such times social media has
become very important.
Twitter itself has admitted that
the tool used by hackers in this case is part of the company's internal system.
This also means that there may be someone inside the company who has helped the
hackers. This type of hacking is called social engineering in America. In our
country, social engineering is referred to as racial politics but in America it
is linked to cyber security. Innovative techniques are tried to change a
person's thoughts or to influence him psychologically. This makes it easy to
resort to social media.
It also happens that the true
facts in this case do not even come out. It is impossible to get hold of
transactions in digital currencies like Bitcoin. This act of hacking has shaken
people's confidence in cyber security. If the Twitter accounts of people like
Barack Obama and Bill Gates are not secure, it is not difficult to predict the
safety of ordinary people.
In fact, despite the rise of
digital transactions today, people are not aware of cyber security. It is
estimated that cybercrime causes $2.5 million losses per minute worldwide.
According to 2017 statistics, 780,000 documents were falsified or stolen daily
in the cyber world. It's not that cyber security agencies can do nothing.
About 24,000 suspicious apps are
blocked daily from millions of different apps. This figure is negligible. Cyber
crime caused a loss of Rs 3,000 billion in 2015 and is projected to reach Rs
6,000 billion in 2021. At a time when the cyber world is expanding, security
measures need to be developed. The total number of passwords worldwide will
exceed 300 billion this year. Keeping this number safe will be a challenging
situation in the future.
Hacking of social media accounts
is mostly done by stealing passwords. Cyber world tricksters know which key
to unlock a password. That is why it is not difficult for them to guess a
simple password. More than 21 percent of files in the cyber world are insecure,
meaning there is no lock on them. It also takes companies the next three months
to realize any data or file theft. If this is the case with modern companies,
it is natural that ordinary people will not even realize that data or file
theft has taken place.
The whole world is going digital.
Stopping cyber crime and data theft is not easy. Even IT companies in many
countries claiming ethics do not hesitate to steal their competitors' data.
Indeed, for today's time, it has become necessary to create an integral shield
for cyber security.
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