On July 15th, 2020, the internet broke for a moment. Verified Twitter accounts from Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Apple, Kanye West, and more all posted the same message: “Send me Bitcoin, and I’ll double it.”

It wasn’t a joke. It wasn’t a promo. It was a hack.

In this episode of Cypher Tech Hacks, Alex Cipher takes you inside the wild story of how a crew of teenage hackers gained access to Twitter’s internal admin tools, hijacked high-profile accounts, and pulled off one of the most public crypto scams ever — all while flexing in underground forums and bragging to journalists.

We’ll break down:

• How they social engineered Twitter employees
• What the “God Mode” admin panel looks like
• Why internal tools are your riskiest assets
• And how $118,000 in Bitcoin was just the beginning

This is the blueprint for every insider threat nightmare — and the reason no platform, no matter how big, is untouchable.

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In this episode of This Week’s AI News, Alex Cipher unpacks the most important stories in artificial intelligence from April 6–12, 2025.

We cover OpenAI’s legal clash with Elon Musk and its record-breaking $40B funding round, Google’s powerful new Gemini models and TPUs, and Apple’s delay on the much-anticipated Siri overhaul. Plus: ChatGPT rolls into Volkswagen cars, President Trump signs a bold AI executive order, SUNY launches AI ethics departments, and Beijing postpones the world’s first humanoid robot half-marathon.

And to cap it off, Netflix drops Black Mirror Season 7 — and it’s diving headfirst into the future of AI.

Tune in for your weekly download on what’s happening at the intersection of tech, policy, and machine intelligence

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What happens when a group of Gen Z hackers picks up the phone — and takes down billion-dollar corporations without writing a single line of malware? In this episode of Cypher Tech Hacks, Alex Cipher unpacks the jaw-dropping story of Scattered Spider, a social engineering crew that breached MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment using nothing but charm, confidence, and a phone call.

We break down the step-by-step playbook of how these attackers:

• Used LinkedIn and open-source intel to pick their targets
• Social engineered help desks into resetting multi-factor authentication
• Hijacked employee phone numbers with SIM swaps
• Escalated privileges and deployed remote access tools
• Pulled off millions in ransom demands — and got paid

You’ll learn how the hack worked, what made it so effective, and most importantly — how you can defend against similar attacks. Because sometimes, the weakest link isn’t the software — it’s the human answering the phone.

If you’re in IT, security, or just love a good cyber-heist, you don’t want to miss this one.

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