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What happened with the Twitter bitcoin scam? Who posted from the accounts of Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Kanye West? – ABC News
Armed the keys to twitter accounts capable of reaching hundreds of millions of people, what did the scammers do?
Hackers appear to have hijacked the Twitter accounts of some of the most influential people in the world, including Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Elon Musk and Kanye West.
So, with the keys to accounts capable of reaching millions of people, did they call for world peace?
No. They tried to scam followers into handing over cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin scams on social media aren’t new. Here’s why this breach is so important.
Who was affected?
Kim Kardashian, along with her husband Kanye West, had p…
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