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Hackers took control of a Belgian Minister\u2019s Twitter account on the night of 10 February; however, the fact that the <\/span>account\u2019s <\/span><\/a>name was changed to \u2018Ethereum Foundation\u2019 seemed to have made news in the crypto space. The account belongs to Tinne Van der Straeten who is Belgium\u2019s Federal Minister for Energy. The <\/span>incident <\/span><\/a>occurred just hours after Education Minister Ben Weyts\u2019 Twitter account suffered<\/a> a hack as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The unidentified hackers who changed the account’s name to “Ethereum Foundation,” also commented responses on the accounts of other famous members of the crypto space such as Gemini\u2019s Cameron Winklevoss as well as Venture Capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya. The hackers intended to attract other Twitter users to make them visit a fraudulent website.<\/span><\/p>\n

Local reports<\/a> stated that an investigation had been launched to regain access to the hacked Twitter account of the federal minister. Van der Straeten\u2019s spokesperson revealed that authorities also tried to understand how the incident took place. At press time, the details of the hack were not revealed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the incident, the minister\u2019s cabinet members contacted the Twitter team as well as Jack Dorsey, who owns the social media platform. The spokesperson said that all passwords to the account were changed. According to the minister, no other accounts or information was accessed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year a Florida teenager hacked President Joe Biden\u2019s account as well as accounts of other famous people such as Kim Kardashian and Bill Gates to orchestrate a dubious Bitcoin giveaway.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hackers took control of a Belgian Minister\u2019s Twitter account on the night of 10 February; however, the fact that the account\u2019s name was changed to \u2018Ethereum Foundation\u2019 seemed to have made news in the crypto space. The account belongs to Tinne Van der Straeten who is Belgium\u2019s Federal Minister for Energy. 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