Summary:
- Mandiant's X account was hacked in a brute-force password attack.
- The hijack was limited to the company's primary X account and was likely a result of misconfigurations in the account's two-factor authentication.
- Mandiant recovered its account and announced the investigation findings.
- The hack was attributed to a drainer-as-a-service group using the CLINKSINK crypto wallet drainer.
- Several other companies have also had their X social media accounts hijacked for cryptocurrency scams.
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https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/mandiant-x-account-brute-force/