Prominent Twitter accounts including Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Bill Gates hacked in an unprecedented bitcoin scam
Several accounts of cryptocurrency-focused organisations were also hijacked.The person said the company had locked down the Democrat's account "immediately following the breach and removed the related tweet." Publicly available blockchain records show that the apparent scammers have already received more than $110,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
While account compromises are not unusual, experts were surprised at the sheer scale and coordination of the Wednesday's incident.
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