Cyber Heist Alert: Mandiant’s Social Media Hacked, $900K Drained by Crafty Crypto Con Artists

Struggling to secure your digital gold? Mandiant’s hack tale is a brute-force cautionary tweet—drainer-as-a-service gangs are phishing for your crypto with no net of 2FA! #CybersecurityBlunder

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Who knew that the cyber equivalent of a bank heist could be as simple as "forgot to update our 2FA"? Mandiant, a cyber threat intelligence giant, got a taste of their own medicine when hackers treated their X account like an open wallet at a magicians' convention—now you see your crypto, now you don't. And in the world of digital pickpocketing, it seems that these cyber crooks are getting away with virtual murder, all thanks to a little DaaS mischief and too much faith in "strong" passwords.

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