briankrebs (@briankrebs) — Twitter Score 93 out of 1000

Briankrebs is an independent investigative cybersecurity journalist who founded KrebsOnSecurity, a widely read outlet covering cybercrime including ransomware, SIM swapping, and crypto-related threats. Briankrebs's Twitter Score is 93 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #8,024 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.

Briankrebs previously worked at The Washington Post as a reporter before launching KrebsOnSecurity as an independent publication. He is also the author of Spam Nation, a New York Times bestseller. His reporting spans computer fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and the intersection of organized cybercrime with cryptocurrency.

Briankrebs has covered crypto-adjacent threats in depth. In March 2018, KrebsOnSecurity published an investigation into Coinhive, a browser-based cryptocurrency mining service whose JavaScript code was abused to mine Monero from website visitors without their consent. That reporting noted that nearly 32,000 websites were running Coinhive's miner code at the time, and that Coinhive retained 30 percent of all Monero mined through its service while account holders received the remaining 70 percent. KrebsOnSecurity has also reported on Scattered Spider, with U.S. prosecutors alleging the group committed computer fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering across 120 network intrusions, as well as FBI efforts to seize hundreds of domains tied to the NetNut and Popa botnet infrastructure.

Briankrebs has accumulated 332,844 followers as of October 2026 on the platform and has published 17,080 posts. His work has been mentioned by 240 accounts, totaling 690 mentions.

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