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Someone claiming to be Elon Musk began tweeting an obvious scam to entice his faithful bootlickers to send bitcoin to a random cryptocurrency wallet. And almost identical tweets were coming from accounts of people like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Warren Buffett, every major crypto-exchange, and Im quickly losing track of all of em.
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This is certainly the outcome of a Twitter hack the similarity which weve never ever seen before. A representative for the social network told Gizmodo that they are conscious of the scenario and will provide a declaration shortly, which they did right prior to publication.
The hackers seem utilizing a number of various wallets but the address being utilized on tweets from Musk and Gates has actually gotten around $59,000 worth of bitcoin up until now.
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Update 645pm ET: Twitter, obviously in an effort to fend off the humiliating hackfest, has obstructed lots of validated accounts from tweeting, which is probably for the finest.
Apple, for instance, is back to its usual requirement of having no tweets after it tweeted the fraud just minutes back.
Screenshot: Gizmodo
The abrupt flurry of activity appears to be soothing down. Apple, for circumstances, is back to its usual standard of having zero tweets after it tweeted the scam simply moments back. The list of prominent users who were impacted continues to grow and now the phony screenshots are taking over so well most likely never ever sort out all the individuals who were hit by the attack.
This is a continuous story and well continue updating this post as we receive more info.
Somebody declaring to be Elon Musk began tweeting an obvious fraud to attract his loyal bootlickers to send bitcoin to a random cryptocurrency wallet. And almost identical tweets were coming from accounts of people like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Warren Buffett, every major crypto-exchange, and Im quickly losing track of all of em.
