https://thenextweb.com/security/2020/07/17/130-twitter-accounts-were-targeted-by-hackers-in-the-grand-bitcoin-scam/

Yesterday was probably one of the busiest days for Twitter‘s security team, as a hacker managed to get hold of high-profile accounts and tweeted about a Bitcoin scam.

The strategy used for this hack is what’s called social engineering: the attackers managed to convince someone at the company to give them access to Twitter‘s admin tools.