Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Barack Obama all have their Twitter accounts HACKED in massive scam that prompts hundreds of victims to send thousands of dollars to a bitcoin account that promises ‘double’ the return
- Numerous high-profile Twitter accounts were hijacked in attack on Wednesday
- Scam tweets requested bitcoin in attempt to dupe gullible victims
- Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s Twitter was hijacked
- Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Kanye West, and Mike Bloomberg were also
- All accounts displayed similar messages requesting bitcoin transfers
- Scam promised to send back double the amount to anyone who donated
- Although many users knew it was a scam, some shared they had sent in money
Twitter has suffered a massive security breach after dozens of prominent accounts were hijacked and displayed scam messages requesting transfers of bitcoin to an anonymous account controlled by the hackers.
The attack unfolded on Wednesday evening, with the affected accounts including presidential candidate Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Kanye West.
Former President Barack Obama, the most followed account on Twitter with more than 120 million followers, was also targeted, as were the corporate accounts of Apple and Uber.
The widespread and coordinated nature of the attack led some experts to speculate that a Twitter employee with administrative access had been hacked. Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com.
Some of the posts suggest sending $1,000 dollars, but the one shared on Bezos’ account states he is ‘only doing a maximum of $50,000.’
‘Feeling grateful, doubling all payment sent to my BTC address,’ reads the tweet, which states the offer will only be available for the next 30 minutes.
Although many users knew the gesture was the evil working of a cybercriminal, others replied they sent money to the listed account.
Elon Musk is known for sharing bizarre posts on Twitter , but the latest one seems to really be out of character. A scam is circling Twitter and has been shared to Musk’s account, along with Bill Gate’s page Wednesday evening that tells users to send them money and in return will receive double the amount
The same tweet, with some difference, has been shared on Musk’s Twitter account three times since initially surfacing around 4:30pm ET and shortly after on Gates’ page.
The idea of the posts stated that the billionaires are giving back to their followers by prompting them to sending money to his BTC address.
And apparently the offer is ‘only going on for 30 minutes.’
All of the scam tweets have been shared over 3,000 times and have just as many comments.
Many users are tweeting that the post is a scam, hoping no one will fall for it.
The same tweet, with some difference, has been shared on Musk’s Twitter account three times since initially surfacing around 4:30pm ET and shortly after on Gates’ page
A tweet surfaced on Elon Musk’s Twitter account around 4:30pm ET Wednesday that tells users if they send him $1,000 they will intern receive $2,000. ‘Feeling grateful, doubling all payment sent to my BTC address,’ reads the tweet, which states the offer will only be available for the next 30 minutes
One Twitter users followed the first tweet on Musk’s page that said he would send his followers $2,000 if they made a payment of $1,000 – and now the user by the name of ‘will’ finds he has been scammed
However, some appear to have sent money to the address, only to find that they have been duped.
One Twitter users followed the first tweet on Musk’s page that said he would send his followers $2,000 if they made a payment of $1,000 – and now the user by the name of ‘will’ finds he has been scammed.