Twitter Hack: How Twitter Accounts of Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos & Others Were Hacked in Bitcoin Scam

Several high profile-Twitter accounts in the US were hacked on Wednesday evening to run a bitcoin scam. Among the famous personalities whose accounts were hacked were-Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Joe Bidden, Jeff Bezos and others. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey called it a tough day for “us at Twitter” The Twitter hack mainly affected top politicians and celebrities in US, with massive followers, and the attack reportedly helped a Bitcoin wallet receive over $100,000 via at least 300 transactions.

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