This is wild!
Many high-profile Twitter accounts were hacked as part of a massive Bitcoin scam!
Yesterday afternoon, accounts like Kanye West, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Joe Biden were sending out tweets asking followers to send money to specific crypto addresses. These posts also promised that all money would be sent back to the sender in double the amount.
Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, Uber, Apple and other high profile accounts were hacked by Bitcoin scammers. pic.twitter.com/9WAtTjFJMj
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) July 15, 2020
Twitter later stepped in… “We are aware of the security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to fix it …”
We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to fix it. We will update everyone shortly.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 15, 2020
Twitter even temporarily blocked all verified accounts from tweeting or changing passwords.
Apparently, one Bitcoin wallet had received over $118,000 worth of cryptocurrency!
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent out an apology and reassure users the company was “working hard to make this right.”
Tough day for us at Twitter. We all feel terrible this happened.
We’re diagnosing and will share everything we can when we have a more complete understanding of exactly what happened.
💙 to our teammates working hard to make this right.
— jack (@jack) July 16, 2020
WHAT. A. DAY.
Feature Image: Twitter logo/ Source: Twitter- @TwitterSupport
- Sarah & Tyler
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