Con artists on Wednesday apparently hacked into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians and major companies in an apparent bitcoin scam.
The ruse included bogus tweets from Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The fake tweets offered to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to a bitcoin address. Twitter put out a statement noting that it was aware of a “security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.” The company said it is investigating and working to fix it, and promised an update shortly.
Bezos, Gates and Musk are among the 10 richest people in the world, with tens of millions of followers on Twitter.The apparently fake tweets were all quickly deleted, although The Associated Press was able to capture screenshots of several before they disappeared.
wjz Sounds like Roger Stone’s cronies are at it again?
I did a quick 1 take VID from the kitchen, the real message behind the hack.
I wonder if trump paid for that hack with rubles or American dollars?
What else is new there’s always hackers now days it’s 2020
Maybe they thought millions would have transferred BT and the targeted accounts would have looked bad for not giving the money back? PR nightmare to make them look like crooks?
'Among the political figures targeted, the hack mostly appeared to target Democrats or other figures on the left, drawing comparisons to the 2016 campaign.'
Hmmmm ... all Democrats. Interesting and not telling at all.
What a coincidence but not drumpf twitter account?..hmmmm....Wait for it...Russia JoeNBC maddow
Gee, wonder who is behind that. Maybe it is time to block any .ru from the internet in the west.
I hope the hackers get their balls cut off!! bitcoin sending voodoo mantras now to get them!
Trump and the Russians at it again
Why wasn’t Trump or any Republicans hacked? Hmmm. Why weren’t the RNC emails ever released? Hmmm.
Surprised you did not already blame Russia
good riddance.
It looks like they are all democrats!
Benaskren
Do the hackers broke into Ivanka, Jerry, Eric T or Trump son?
But I'm supposed to believe the election is safe?
Happened after the market, attacks mostly on the rich liberals, obvious scam languages, only 10.7K+ sent to the account... looks like a set-up to make someone look bad. Weird.
Russian hackers trying to help Trump's election run? 🙄
Website Hacking,someone got access to their website got those users login details and finished the job in 2hrs,with no trace but a blockchain wallet.Epic! this is 16/07/2020 a day to remember.
JudiOliver7 Yeah whatever.
Now who would want to do that realDonaldTrump RussianReport
All left Hmm...
Wow everybody that’s on trumps list that he hates I wonder who could’ve helped...... Russia? China? Is trump trying to flex?
I understand Bezos and Gates but you would think that a former president and forner Vice President have higher security watch.. something seems fishy. russiaandtrumpatitagain
pjd196 Couldn't happen to anyone more deserving than them!
KSLcom Why not Trump?
Nothing will stop what's coming. Amazing hacks, ubetcha🤣🤣🤣 You'd have better luck pretending you are ALL bat guano loco. Frontload your splainmachine, 'I've been hacked! I didn't do none of that shit!!!' TRUMP2020
bill gates cant even secure his acct this is too funny maybe ppl needs to move away from windows
Who's missing from that list? That's the culprit. Putin and Trump, that's who.
But no Trump accounts were hacked. Maybe because they knew we wouldn't believe they would give money back to the people.
OV_BABY
Anybody smell the borscht here?
Trump own shares in this? LOL
jack having a bad day. hacktheplanet
Bitcoin IS the scam.
Russia at it again. Who knew?
Amirtheahmed Does it have an implication on the election?
Why trump’s account wasn’t affected?
JimLaPorta Where’s the MFA, Twitter? jack you need to implement it NOW!
But not realDonaldTrump ? Sounds suspicious 😒
Just saying....
Elon musk
Bet it originated in Asia
this is how i can see trump winning an election. have a feeling this is a warning shot.
Trump's opponents, a guy who supports one of them, Trump's enemy and the guy at the center of COVID 19 conspiracy theories (and the majority of them benefit Trump). Nope, no visible pattern there. Move along folks.
Betsy Debos - her brother
😂
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Bloomberg too, all the rich folks.
Funny
Honestly, anyone who fell for such an obvious hackjob and scam deserves to be out the money. Never trust anything claiming you'll get large quantities of free money at no risk, especially if they ask you to give them money first. This is basic logic, folks.
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk too 🙄😳 Geez what’s happening with TwitterSafety 🤔What about Trump’s account? 😎
Why couldn’t they hack realDonaldTrump’s account and shut it down. Such dumbasses. He needs a good ol fashioned bea’n
yet no-one thought donald trump was worth hacking or no-one believed he would give back anything
So I’m not getting the $2000 is what your saying here
Did they get Hacked through a 3rd party app they use to send tweets we know Biden and Obama never tweet for themselves Biden can't even use a flip phone let alone send a tweet, a lot of elite don't tweet for themselves
Let me guess Russia 🤔😆😆
Trust me, your information is safe, is like saying the checks in the mail.
Probably China
But not super tweeter, Trump?
We all know who was responsible...
Hmmm, trump account wasn't affected by the people he don't like was affected 🤔🤨
Why not Trump's account? That tells us something.
Where are the Screengrabs of the Tweets?
Well, the hackers are gonna go to prison for a while!
Money laundering with flair?
Wut Well, here's this...
Fake news and bs
Of course they were sounds like some shady stuff happening right before the election. Let’s see how this plays out
😂😂😂 I don't want your bitcoins but I will take your steakout coupons.
There's no way this is a scam for money. If they wanted money, trump's army of unparalleled dimwits would have been targeted. This is a message that these people aren't as secure as they thought.
They hacked also Trump’s account and spread lies, but nobody noticed any difference...
But Hushpuppi is still in detection...
Twitter you've been silent.
Loony liberals can’t secure accounts
This is not a bitcoin scam, bitcoin didn't get scammed, Twitter did.
See also, on LinkedIn:
CashApp Might have just been hacked too
This is a Russian siber attack. Note they are all trump enemies.
Hard to be scammed if you weren't following any of these people.
Danshra Kelb tomch hair probably looks like cream cheese right now
What a coincidence how all those hacked are satanists and have connections to Epstein island..hmmmm
Russians for Donny?
Gee, I wonder if trump supporters did it.
Why would the super wealth give money to people in need?
China ... payback came early 😯
It’s a trick! BREAKING: Biden blames his idiocy on being hacked.
They at it again
so what, this has been happening to celebrities for months
Putin and Russia are doing the hacking.
Are those accounts all managed by twitter or some company? It's weird how they all have been hacked like that...
All they have to do is change their password. Not a big deal. Focus on whooping Trump azz.
Well I can say banks were attempted hacking victims by North Korea a few months ago. It’s usually either North Korea, Russia, Ukraine satellite for hire person working for Russia or some bizarro other. This seems unsophisticated. So I’m going with other. Will advise.
That’s awesome.
Elon Musk BillGates Apple Uber Twitter Please stop this.
Trump never gets hit in these hacks. Curiouser and curiouser. 🧐
Trump tomorrow, 'I've been hacked for 3 years, none of those tweets were mine.'
Hmmm, only Trump 'enemies' were hacked. What are the odds?
Not a single Republican? Weird....
.TwitterSafety claims they’ve got this but elonmusk account is still pumping out compromised tweets as we speak
Trump’s account was mysteriously unaffected? interesting
Crime. The natural result of the economic crisis. Brought by disproportionate measures. If you think so too, you have a date: Sheffield. Peace Gardens. Saturday 18th July 12pm. KBF
trump's acct. included ?
Look what they all have in common. No republicans or Whitehouse yet? This is Russia. Changing the narrative as Trump is on the negative end.
You love to see that
Sure.
Dogecoin is better
Perfect timing on this tweet.
Maybe Ivanka didn't really pose with beans.
Can the hcker also reveal the real “satoshi”?
And we trusted these people with national security. They are a danger to the country
Damn they just came up lol
Why not trumps?
This has been happening for years and you guys are just catching on lol
Fake Elon still posting. Why hasn't Twitter locked down the hacked accounts yet?
an irc hacker group known as 'salt gang' has taken credit for the hack
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