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Twitter says hack hit 130 accounts of world leaders, tech execs – Sydney Morning Herald
The attackers sent out tweets from the accounts of the public figures, offering to send $US2000 for every $US1000 sent to an anonymous Bitcoin address.
Oakland, California: Twitter says the hack that compromised the accounts of some of its most high-profile users targeted 130 people. The hackers were able to reset the passwords of 45 of those accounts.
The San Francisco-based company said in a blog post on Saturday that for up to eight of these accounts the attackers also downloaded the accounts information through the Your Twitter Data tool. None of the eight were verified accounts, Twitter said, adding that it is contacting the owners of the…
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