Elon Musk, Justin Sun & Other Accounts Hacked in Massive Twitter Scam

2020-7-16 23:57

The Twitter accounts for a large number of famous influencers have been hacked, offering a run-of-the-mill Bitcoin scam. The hacks appear to be related to a hacked posting service. It seems like some Twitter API posting service has been compromised and being used to send out fake "giveaway" tweets from popular crypto/blockchain accounts.

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