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Twitter investigating following hacking of high profile accounts

Rebecca Noonan
Rebecca Noonan

06:45 16 Jul 2020


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Twitter says it's investigating a "security incident" - after the accounts of billionaires and political leaders were hacked.

Barack Obama, Kanye West, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates were just some of the high-profile names targeted last night.

Posts were uploaded urging people to send cash to a Bitcoin account.

Blockchain Records say the suspected scammers have received more than 100-thousand dollars worth of cryptocurrency.


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