Final 12 months additionally noticed an increase in subtle phishing assaults – pretend emails used to ship malware or dupe victims into handing over their crypto, passwords and private info. In July 2020, Twitter was the goal of such an assault, resulting in a gaggle of hackers having access to greater than 130 high-profile accounts and utilizing them to advertise a bitcoin giveaway rip-off. Apple, Uber, Ripple, Binance, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Invoice Gates, Kim Kardashian and even CoinDesk have been amongst these affected.