Twitter has been hacked in large Numbers, with the accounts of celebrities and politicians Posting fake requests for bitcoin donations

BlockBeats: In the early morning of July 16, the accounts of celebrities and politicians on Twitter were hacked, including the accounts of Bill Gates, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, former US Vice President Joe Biden, apple inc. 's official Twitter accounts. Topics related to hacking and bitcoin have been trending on Twitter and Weibo.

Almost all of the hacked accounts posted the same scam: soliciting bitcoin through a fake website. The tweets were similar: "I'm giving back to the community. All bitcoins sent to the following address will be returned double! If you send $1,000, I'll send $2,000 back. The tweets have since been deleted. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama also tweeted the message.

According to the report, a spokesman for Bill Gates has confirmed that "he did not personally send this tweet." "We can confirm that Bill Gates did not tweet." "This appears to be part of a larger issue for Twitter, which is aware of and working to restore his account," the spokesman said.

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Tyler Winklevoss, a technology investor and chief executive of the US-BASED Gemini trading platform, said cryptocurrence-related accounts including Gemini, Coinbase, Binance and CoinDesk had also been hacked and scake-related tweets sent.

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According to Forbes, the fake tweet sent to a site that appeared to be owned by a private user registered in the United States and did not appear to be related to any major cryptocurrency trading platforms. Rhythm understands that the attack was most likely caused by a third-party application that manages tweets and accesses the Twitter API as a fully authenticated user.

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It reminds users not to trust links from unknown sources and not to send bitcoin or other related assets. Beware of asset loss.

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