The company has recognized a breach of several world famous accounts that use “Twitter“And send fake Tweets from those accounts.
During the hacking process, the hackers were able to post advertisements inviting these account followers to send money in the “BitcoinDigital with a promise to double it.
And he gave some of these fake tweets, which were soon deleted by the owners of the targeted accounts with the piracy process, every follower of these accounts 30 minutes to send to a specific address an amount of bitcoin currency in order to receive twice that amount.
“Happy Wednesday! I will give Bitcoin to all of my followers. I will double all the sums sent to the bitcoin address below,” said the fake tweet posted to the account of Elon Musk, president of Tesla.
Among the accounts that have published similar ads: the account of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the account of Amazon president Jeff Bezos, and the Democratic candidate for the US presidential election Of the bygones And the former American President Barack Obama And the former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Cameron Winklevoss, founding partner of Gemini for the exchange of currencies, quickly warned of this piracy. “This is a scam, don’t subscribe to it,” he said in a tweet on his official Twitter account.
While comments and posts on Twitter reported that thousands of dollars in bitcoin were likely sent by those who fell victim to this fraud, Twitter said it was “reviewing” what had happened and a statement would soon be issued.
A spokesperson for Bill Gates said: “We can confirm that this tweet has not been sent by Bill Gates. This appears to be part of a larger problem faced by Twitter. Twitter is aware of this and is working to restore the account.”
For his part, Twitter said that it is reviewing what happened and will soon issue a statement in this regard.
As soon as the news of this piracy spread, Twitter shares fell 4 percent in electronic trading on Wall Street after the close of trading session.
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And global news agencies quoted the company in a statement, banning all documented accounts from Twitter, Or change the password until it is resolved Penetration problem.
The company has recognized a breach of several world famous accounts that use “Twitter“And send fake Tweets from those accounts.
During the hacking process, the hackers were able to post advertisements inviting these account followers to send money in the “BitcoinDigital with a promise to double it.
And he gave some of these fake tweets, which were soon deleted by the owners of the targeted accounts with the piracy process, every follower of these accounts 30 minutes to send to a specific address an amount of bitcoin currency in order to receive twice that amount.
“Happy Wednesday! I will give Bitcoin to all of my followers. I will double all the sums sent to the bitcoin address below,” said the fake tweet posted to the account of Elon Musk, president of Tesla.
Among the accounts that have published similar ads: the account of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the account of Amazon president Jeff Bezos, and the Democratic candidate for the US presidential election Of the bygones And the former American President Barack Obama And the former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Cameron Winklevoss, founding partner of Gemini for the exchange of currencies, quickly warned of this piracy. “This is a scam, don’t subscribe to it,” he said in a tweet on his official Twitter account.
While comments and posts on Twitter reported that thousands of dollars in bitcoin were likely sent by those who fell victim to this fraud, Twitter said it was “reviewing” what had happened and a statement would soon be issued.
A spokesperson for Bill Gates said: “We can confirm that this tweet has not been sent by Bill Gates. This appears to be part of a larger problem faced by Twitter. Twitter is aware of this and is working to restore the account.”
For his part, Twitter said that it is reviewing what happened and will soon issue a statement in this regard.
As soon as the news of this piracy spread, Twitter shares fell 4 percent in electronic trading on Wall Street after the close of trading session.
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