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<\/div>God Mode<\/h2>
Someone appears to have hacked the Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Kanye West and a dazzling array of other celebrities, business magnates, politicians and other public figures. They even somehow accessed the account of Apple, which has never tweeted before.<\/p>
The accounts are all posting similar messages, which promise that if you send bitcoin to a certain address, they’ll send double back — a classic scam.<\/p>
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Easy Marks<\/h2>
Sure, it seems like an obvious ruse. But people on the internet aren’t particularly bright, and it looks like people have sent at least $100,000 to the address in the scam.<\/p>
$104,000 has been received at the BTC address involved in the Twitter hack so far. More than 250 transactions so far<\/p>
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) July 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>
Tug of War<\/h2>
It’s difficult to believe that tech figures like Musk and Bezos, nevermind public figures like Biden and West, wouldn’t have two-factor authentication enabled on their accounts. That makes the hack doubly impressive, because it means that the attackers somehow figured out not only their credentials but a way to access their text messages as well.<\/p>
At press time, it appears that Musk is still struggling to control his own account, with earlier messages disappearing even while new ones appear.<\/p>
READ MORE: <\/strong>Crypto scammers hack Elon Musk, Apple and Bill Gates on Twitter<\/a> [Engadget]<\/em><\/p>
More on Twitter: <\/strong>Twitter Verifies Fake Congressional Candidate Invented by Teen<\/a><\/em><\/p>
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