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  • Updated: July 16, 2020

High-Profile Twitter Accounts Including Obama, Jeff Bezoz, Hijacked By Scammers

High-Profile Twitter Accounts Including Obama, Jeff Bezoz, H

 

The Official Twitter handles of big names and brands like Jeff Bezoz, Elon Musk, Apple and several others, were hacked by internet scammers who were trying to trick people into sending bitcoin.

Other accounts that joined the list of hacked accounts were Bill Gates, Uber, bitcoin companies, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, among others.

Responding to the hacks, Twitter's CEO, Jack Dorsey said, "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.”

Twitter swiftly responded by locking down the hijacked accounts before any more harm could be done.

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"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."

The lock down carried on for two hours until a fix as found.

Twitter said, "Most accounts should be able to Tweet again.

"As we continue working on a fix, this functionality may come and go. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.”

The tweets sent by the hackers told users to send $1,000 in bitcoin in 30 minutes so they can get back twice what they sent.

Gemini cryptocurrency responded, “This is a SCAM, DO NOT participate!

“This is the same attack/takeover that other major crypto twitter accounts are experiencing. Be vigilant!”

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