In addition to Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Tesla chief executive and founder of Space X, Elon Musk, and the computer company Apple, Twitter accounts of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, rapper Kanye West, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, former US President Barack Obama and billionaires Warren Buffet and Michael Bloomberg were also hacked, as well as that of the transport service company Uber.
The tweets that took place on these accounts invited Internet users in particular to send bitcoins to specific addresses, promising to send back in exchange double the amounts transferred.
Bill Gates’ account explained in particular that Everyone asks me to return what I received, and it’s time
. He also recommended that Internet users act quickly: It only lasts 30 minutes. Take advantage!
.
Joe Biden’s account said: I give back to the community
.
Twitter confirmed a security incident
and says he’s working to resolve it.
The messages were quickly deleted, but it was difficult to regain control of certain accounts. On Elon Musk’s account, for example, the problematic tweet was deleted, but a second and then a third similar message reappeared a little later.
Social media has informed its users that they may not be able to, as we investigate and deal with this incident
, send messages or reset their password.
Blockchains (which record cryptocurrency transactions that have been made) available to the public show that the scammers received over $ 100,000 in bitcoins.
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