Apple, Elon Musk and Bill Gates have ‘Twitter accounts hacked by crypto scammers’
HACKERS running what appears to be a Bitcoin scam took over several high-profile Twitter accounts on Wednesday - targeting big names such as Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Apple and many more.
Each account shared a message urging users to change money to Bitcoin, and promising to double any amount of Bitcoin sent to an included address.Credit: AFP or licensorsElon Musk was one of several high profile people whose account was compromized"We are giving back to our community," the tweet from Apple read.
"We support Bitcoin and we believe you should too! All Bitcoin sent to our address below will be sent back to you doubled!"The hack attack also targeted the accounts of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, rapper Kanye West, ride-share app Uber, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, and several crypto companies such as CoinDesk and Gemini."We are investigating and taking steps to fix it. We will update everyone shortly.
We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to fix it. We will update everyone shortly.
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