How the mighty fell yesterday… if only for a few hours. US Presidential hopeful Joe Biden, eccentric tech heavyweight Elon Musk, God-complex rapper Kanye West and his reality star wife Kim and the world’s richest man (Amazon CEO) Jeff Bezos and other widely followed celebrities were targetted in a high profile hacking spree. They lost control of their Twitter accounts to a group of hackers, who posed as the celebs and asked followers to send bitcoin money to various addresses. In a matter of hours, they siphoned $120,000 (roughly Rs. 84 lakhs). Worse, experts say the bitcoin fraud could be a distraction for a more serious attack on the direct messages of the celebs.
Twitter Support released this thread on the investigation surrounding the hack:
Our investigation is still ongoing but here’s what we know so far:
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 16, 2020