Prominent Twitter accounts apparently hacked, asking for Bitcoin

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DEVELOPING: The Twitter accounts of several well-known figures and companies have apparently been compromised by an unknown hacker asking users to send funds to a Bitcoin account.

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Among those apparently attacked were presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama. Apple also was apparently targeted. Twitter Support tweeted,"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."

 

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I Twitter should be shaking in their boots how much legal trouble are they in with all the personal information that has been stolen I could see them paying out a lot in lawsuits

People should start worrying about November elections. Biden account was hacked but Trump's account was not affected just as in 2016 when Hilary's account was hacked. Do you know if sensitive info in their DMs will now be dumped into public space for the benefits of Trump?

And people were so dumb to fall for it.

Very true which makes it super unreliable to their profit industrially

Need help financially loyal and honest babies should link in bio FrankMichaelRo1

Those responsible for hacking the people who have just been hacked have been hacked.

A lot of mask Nazis gonna be out a lot of money.....

DrewMarianiShow That looks like a uber super hacker to have been able to do that. Maybe they're using quantum computers to easily guess even the most complicated 16 digit or more password, that can only be government funded, maybe. realDonaldTrump FBI CIA jack Twitter

Is Bitcoin still a thing?

If you are fooled by this, you have the intellect of a flea.

Time for someone to checkout scams such as $gnus Hongkong China who manipulate penny stocks in an effort to illegally trade bitcoin. If you’re unaware of this trend..what cave are you living in?

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FBI do hack always happen on election years

Just wait until quantum computing gets here. Best solution? Don't use Twitter for anything important!

Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that.

Wait... are we still acting like Bitcoin is a real thing?

The users were not hacked, the platform itself was hacked to make it look like the users were hacked. Hitting hundreds of bluecheck celebs & companies in rapid succession gave away their ruse. I argue they would've stolen FAR more money if they 'sent' only a single 'tweet'.

Guess it's the Russians again 🙄🙄 could be China, I'll go with China

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It was China

Probably need some funding for Joe and the Rioters

We can’t have a president that gets hacked JoeBiden

Trump and Russia.

Alex..I'd like to take WTF is going on for a $100.00 please,

someone made some good money..

They didn't go for Trump wonder why?

RUSSIANS

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Unknown call Vlad

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