Twitter founder apologises after Bitcoin hackers target Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Kanye West and other celebrities

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.

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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 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

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.

Kim Kardashian West, former President Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and many more were hacked on Twitter by Bitcoin scammers on Wednesday.

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.

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.

have spoken out in opposition of Kanye West’s presidential campaign, Chance the Rapper has come to the fellow musician’s defense.The 27-year-old “No Problem” artist (born Chancelor Johnathan Bennett) took to Twitter on Monday, July 13, to share his take on the 2020 presidential election.