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Dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts, including Obama, Biden, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, and Apple, appear to have been hacked in a colossal bitcoin scam: here's the full list
Dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts, including Obama, Biden, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, and Apple, appear to have been hacked in a colossal bitcoin scam: here's the full list
Paige Leskin,Aaron HolmesJul 16, 2020, 04:54 IST
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Dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts were hacked Wednesday as part of an elaborate bitcoin scam.
Accounts belonging to billionaires, music artists, politicians, and tech founders and startups were all hacked. After more than an hour of bitcoin scams coming from large accounts, Twitter appeared to temporarily disable verified accounts from posting to the site as it looked into the issue.
"We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter," the company wrote on Twitter. "We are investigating and taking steps to fix it. We will update everyone shortly."
Here are the all the Twitter accounts hit in Wednesday's bitcoin scam:
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First the Cash app and and several cryptocurrency-related accounts
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Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates
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Tesla and SpaceX cofounder Elon Musk
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Billionaire philanthropist and donor Warren Buffett
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Elon Musk, several more times.
Elon Musk/Twitter
Apple
Apple Bitcoin scam tweet
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Uber
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Kanye West
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
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Billionaire and former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg
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Former Vice President and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden