“Kanye West 2020” might soon be “Kanye West 2024” all because of Elon Musk.
16.07.2020 - 00:43 / variety.com
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSeveral high-profile accounts on Twitter were hijacked by cryptocurrency scammers Wednesday, including those of Kanye West, Apple, Mike Bloomberg, Joe Biden, Uber, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates.The hackers’ tweets have since been deleted.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for more info.The hacked tweet from Bloomberg’s personal account, for example, said, “I am giving back to the community” and asked users to send $1,000 in Bitcoin to
.“Kanye West 2020” might soon be “Kanye West 2024” all because of Elon Musk.
Kanye West thinks that he is going to beat Joe Biden in the upcoming US presidential election and he believes it’s going to come down to write-in votes. The rapper has missed the filing deadline in several states and he’ll have to rely on write-in votes in those states.
Kanye West has said he can “beat Joe Biden” in the upcoming US election, despite having to be a write-in candidate in numerous states.The rapper missed the deadline to appear on the ballots in some states across the country, but can still be voted for if supporters write his name on themselves.In his latest tweets, West seemed confident he could beat the Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the presidential race.
It's been hard to keep up with Kanye West but don't worry because we have got you covered! It all started with the 43-year-old rapper announcing that he was running for President against Democrat Joe Biden and current US President and Republican Donald Trump. However, the buzz was strong that he was already rethinking his decision.
Perhaps it just wasn’t meant to be for Kanye West to launch a presidential run against Donald Trump and Joe Biden in 2020. For one thing, he can’t make it onto the ballot in most states due to his late declaration on July 4.
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.
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.
Ted Johnson The Twitter accounts of prominent figures including Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama, Kanye West and Bill Gates were among those targeted in an apparent bitcoin scam on Wednesday, as messages were posted asking users to send them money.Corporate accounts also were hacked, including those belonging to Uber and Apple.
Joe Biden and Elon Musk are among some of the many Twitter accounts that were hacked on Wednesday afternoon (July 15).
Kanye West, were hacked on Wednesday afternoon.The accounts all tweeted similar messages offering to "give back to the community" in what appeared to be a cryptocurrency scam. They shared a Bitcoin wallet address and told Twitter users that they would double any amount sent in.Accounts that shared the message include former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, former president Barack Obama and former New York City major Mike Bloomberg.
Intelligencer magazine, Steve Kramer – who had joined Kanye’s campaign team to get the rapper on the ballot in Florida and South Carolina – confirmed the Yeezy star won’t be running against Donald Trump and Joe Biden for the POTUS position.“He’s out,” Kramer said, the publication reported.When asked for more details on what had happened, Kramer replied: “I’ll let you know what I know once I get all our stuff cancelled.