Reports are coming out that there is a wide-reaching hacking attack targeting verified Twitter accounts with large followings. Twitter accounts for people like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and even company accounts like the official Apple Twitter have all been seemingly affected. The alleged hackers appear to be taking over famous Twitter accounts to impersonate the account owners and pretend they’re offering a Bitcoin giveaway. Twitter accounts for Musk, Kanye West, and even presidential candidate Joe Biden has posted a tweet with some variation on a message asking followers to give them bitcoin, which they will then return with double the amount. These accounts are all sharing the same bitcoin address, so whoever is behind the hack seems to be diverting people’s bitcoins to the same account. [caption id="attachment_2380377" align="alignnone" width="594"]
A screenshot of Musk's tweet with the BTC address removed.[/caption] Since the apparent hack, Apple has completely wiped its Twitter account, which now shows zero tweets. In the case of Musk, his account appears to have been targeted multiple times as his account posted the same message after the original tweet was deleted. Twitter's official Support account tweeted that it is "aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter" and that it is investigating the situation. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.
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