Bitcoin scam: Twitter suspends all verified accounts following high-profile account hacks

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recent Twitter hacks of several high-profile accounts, including Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Kanye West and more.17-year-old Graham Ivan Clark from Tampa Bay was arrested yesterday (July 31) by the FBI, IRS, US Secret Service and Florida law enforcement.

A British man, a Florida man and a Florida teen were identified by authorities Friday as the hackers who earlier this month took over Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around the globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. Graham Ivan Clark, 17, was arrested Friday in Tampa, where the Hillsborough State Attorney's Office will prosecute him as adult.

Ted Johnson A 17-year-old was arrested on Friday for being the “mastermind” behind the July 15 hack of the Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and other high-profile figures.Graham Ivan Clark, of Tampa, was arrested early in the day on allegations that he orchestrated a scheme to “steal the identities of prominent people,” then posted messages in their names directing people to send Bitcoin to accounts associated with him, according to Andrew Warren, state attorney

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a number of high-profile accounts compromised earlier this week.“At this time, we believe attackers targeted certain Twitter employees through a social engineering scheme,” the company wrote in its statement, explaining that the hackers were able to gain access to the accounts through Twitter’s “internal systems.”The security breach took over the social media platform on Wednesday night as accounts with millions of followers — including those of Kanye West, Joe Biden and Elon Musk — were

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerTwitter was scrambling today to contain the fallout from a major embarrassment, as the accounts of such prominent people as Bill Gates, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos and Barack Obama all were victimized by a bitcoin scam that promised the unwary a chance to double their money.Fortunately, Trevor Noah somehow avoided the hack to his account, even though he’s famous.

Twitter has confirmed a major security breach after a number of high-profile and celebrity accounts were targeted by hackers in a "coordinated social engineering attack".The hack came to light yesterday (July 15) evening, when near-identical scam tweets asking followers to donate Bitcoin appeared on accounts belonging to the likes of Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West, former US President Barack Obama, Elon Musk, and even Apple.The tweets, which included a link to a Bitcoin wallet, told followers

Twitter temporarily suspended verified accounts from posting on the platform following a cryptocurrency scam that targeted several high-profile users, including Elon Musk and Bill Gates as well as Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Kanye West and several company accounts, including Apple and Square's Cash App, among others."We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to fix it.

Kanye West, Elon Musk, former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, as well as official accounts for Apple, Amazon and Uber were all targeted.The tweets in question saw the celebrities and businesses tweeting an old-fashioned scam, getting fans to donate to a Bitcoin account, and saying they’ll double whatever is paid into the account.Though many of the tweets were deleted just minutes after being posted, and Twitter said it was “aware of a security incident” and “taking steps to

here“If you send $1,000, I will send back $2,000!“Only doing this for the next 30 minutes! Enjoy.”Bill Gates, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos were among those targeted.Kanye West’s account was hacked twice in the space of an hour with the same message posted.Apple, Uber and other company accounts were also hacked.Most of the tweets have been deleted, but some have been retweeted thousands of times.Twitter said: “We detected what we believe to be a

Twitter temporarily suspended verified accounts from posting on the platform following a cryptocurrency scam that targeted several high-profile users, including Elon Musk and Bill Gates as well as Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Kanye West and several company accounts, including Apple and Square's Cash App, among others."We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to fix it.

High-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Barack Obama, Elon Musk and Kanye West, have been hacked as part of a widespread cryptocurrency scam.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticWhen the feeds of some of the most high-profile people in the world are hacked, your internal systems are undermined and your stock takes a 4% drop, “tough day” may be a severe understatement.Yet, that is what Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said today after Joe Biden, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Amazon kingpin Jeff Bezos, ex-NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Bill Gates plus the corporate feeds of Apple and saw their accounts taken over for a spell on

Kim Kardashian, Elon Musk and more stars are among those whose Twitter accounts were hacked on Wednesday, July 15, in an attempt to steal bitcoin funds.“Feeling nice! All BTC sent to my will be sent back doubled, enjoy,” Kardashian’s account tweeted at 6:05 p.m. ET.

Also Read: Barack Obama and Elon Musk's Twitter Accounts Hacked in Bitcoin ScamA rep for Twitter said the company was looking into the matter. The rep later pointed TheWrap to the following message from Twitter’s support account, where the company will be updating followers on the hack.We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.