Twitter accounts of Barack Obama\, Bill Gates and others hacked in Bitcoin scam

Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Bill Gates and others hacked in Bitcoin scam

Mid-Day Thursday, 16 July 2020 ()
Several prominent Twitter accounts, including those of former US president Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, were hacked apparently to promote a Bitcoin scam in what the microblogging site believes to be a "coordinated social engineering attack." The account of former US vice-president Joe...
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 High-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Barack Obama, Elon Musk and Kanye West, have been hacked as part of a widespread cryptocurrency scam.The accounts, which have large Twitter followings, were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday evening and a message posted encouraging users to send...