Aware Of Security Incident Involving Hacked Accounts: Twitter

“We are investigating and taking steps to fix it,” Twitter stated. (Representational)

San Francisco:

Twitter stated it’s working to repair a “security incident” after scammers hijacked high-profile accounts on Wednesday to dupe folks out of cash.

“We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter,” the messaging platform stated in a tweet.

“We are investigating and taking steps to fix it. We will update everyone shortly.”

We are conscious of a safety incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to repair it. We will replace everybody shortly.

– Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 15, 2020

The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos posted messages trying to persuade folks into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin in a large rip-off.

The listing of hacked accounts grew quickly to additionally embrace Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Uber, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bitcoin specialty companies and plenty of others.

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