Twitter Accounts of Elon Musk, Kanye West, Joe Biden Hacked in Apparent Bitcoin Scam
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billboard.comKanye West, were hacked on Wednesday afternoon.The accounts all tweeted similar messages offering to "give back to the community" in what appeared to be a cryptocurrency scam.
They shared a Bitcoin wallet address and told Twitter users that they would double any amount sent in.Accounts that shared the message include former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, former president Barack Obama and former New York City major Mike Bloomberg.
The accounts for brands including Apple and Uber were also impacted.Around an hour after the tweets first started appearing, Twitter Support posted, that it was aware of a security incident. "We are investigating and taking steps to fit it," the tweet reads.
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