The accounts of Mike Bloomberg, Joe Biden, Kanye West, and Bill Gates all posted messages encouraging followers to give to the same Bitcoin wallet
Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images On Wednesday afternoon, the Twitter accounts of notable billionaires including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Tesla founder Elon Musk, rapper Kanye West, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg were hacked. Politicians’ accounts, including Joe Biden and Barack Obama, were also affected soon after. “I am giving back to the community,” the tweets read.
Twitter has understatedly acknowledged the problem, while the Biden campaign stated that the platform locked his account immediately after the breach, and removed the tweet. Around 6:15 p.m., it appeared that Twitter suspended verified accounts from posting as part of their security solution.
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