“We are investigating and taking action to correct it,” said Twitter. (Representative)
San Francisco:
Twitter said it was trying to resolve a “security incident” after scammers hijacked high-profile accounts on Wednesday to deceive people.
“We are aware of a security incident affecting the accounts on Twitter,” the messaging platform said in a tweet.
“We are investigating and taking action to correct it. We will update everyone shortly.”
We are aware of a security incident affecting the Twitter accounts. We are investigating and taking action to remedy it. We will update everyone shortly.
– Twitter support (@TwitterSupport) July 15, 2020
Official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have posted messages trying to convince people to send cryptocurrency bitcoins in a massive scam.
The list of hacked accounts has grown rapidly to also include Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Uber, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bitcoin companies, and many others.
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