Twitter accounts of Barak Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Gates and many other tech giants were reportedly hacked by some Con artist on Wednesday. According to the report of Hindustan Times, they were hacked for a bitcoin scam.
The stratagem involved some fake tweets from Barak Obama, Joe Biden Mike Bloomberg, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk. The fake tweets from these accounts offered to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to a bitcoin address.
Twitter, later then put out a statement citing that it was aware of a “security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.” The company said that investigation is going on and it is working to fix the security breach.
It is noteworthy that the most powerful men in the world aren’t safe online. Bezos, Gates and Musk are among the 10 richest people in the world, with tens of millions of followers on Twitter.
