Security News > 2020 > July > Twitter Accounts of Apple, Musk, Gates, Others Hit in Major Hack
2020-07-15 22:04
The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin, in a massive hack.
The list of accounts commandeered simultaneously grew rapidly to include Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Uber, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bitcoin specialty firms and many others.
"Most accounts should be able to Tweet again," the Twitter support team said in an evening update of the situation.
"This is the same attack/takeover that other major crypto twitter accounts are experiencing. Be vigilant!".
"All major crypto Twitter accounts have been compromised," Winklevoss warned in a tweet.