Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates—bitcoin scam hits Twitter in coordinated blitz

Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates—bitcoin scam hits Twitter in coordinated blitz

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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/musk-obama-biden-bezos-gates-bitcoin-scam-hits-twitter-in-coordinated-blitz/

Twitter accounts of the rich and famous—including Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Joe Biden—were simultaneously hijacked on Wednesday and used to push cryptocurrency scams.

As of 3:58 PM California time, the wallet address used to receive victim’s digital coin had received more than $118,000, though it wasn't clear all of it came from people who fell for the scam. It The bitcoin came from 356 transactions all occurred over about a four-hour span on Tuesday. The wallet address appeared in tweets from at least 15 accounts—some with tens of millions of followers—that promoted fraudulent incentives to transfer money.