How a Minecraft Scammer Stole $16,500,000
Aug 31, 2025•Channel
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Video Details
Published9 months ago
Duration18:46
Video IDimCjhNEovL4
Languageen
CategoryEntertainment
PrivacyPublic
Made for KidsNo
Video TypeRegular Video
Performance Metrics
Views2.4M
Likes72.5K
Comments2.7K
Engagement Rate3.16%
Likes per 100 views3.05
Comments per 1K views1.12
Description
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This is the story of the Minecraft scammer who hacked Twitter (or X) and Elon Musk.
Shoutout to the Cybercrime Magazine Podcast and their episode with Gregg Benett: https://soundcloud.com/cybercrimemagazine/losing-identity-and-bitcoin-getting-hacked-by-sim-swapping-gregg-bennett
Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wxpxm7uq90wULrjsGvFmW-qJeMb2p2bUg8FaJa7fGqo/edit?usp=share_link
Music:
Artlist
Flint - Don’t open (Instrumental)
Wav Haven - Same Ones (Instrumental)
Fabien Fustinoni - Beauty in a Dark Place
Jonathan Guerstein - Pulse
Kyle Preston - Lurking Danger
Lance Conrad - Waiting and Hoping - Stripped Version
Jimmy Svensson - Connect Now
Jimmy Svensson - Bad Connection
Theatre of Delays - Pulse
Danny Shields - Cybernetic Reflection
The Magnetic Buzz - Shadows in Motion
Florian - Forward Ever Backward Never - Instrumental version
Flint - Infraspace - Stripped Version
Jürgen Brischar - Get Down Tonight
Frank Bentley - Its a Fast Life - Instrumental version
Albalak - Ghost Mantis
Theatre of Delays - Monochrome
Captain Joz - I Got Money - Instrumental version
Or Chausha - No Decides
Neon Ridge - We All Float
Epidemic Sounds
Felix Johansson Carne - Fade Away
Josh Gram - Get Lost (Instrumental Version)
Ballpoint - 4 years
Dream Cave - Mystical Tension
Wikimedia Commons
Mozart - Requiem (Krips) - VIII. Lacrimosa
Additional music by Aron Krause-Arlt using Splice
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