Twitter Accounts of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk Appear to Have Been Hacked
July 15 2020 - 6:07PM
Dow Jones News
By Euirim Choi
The Twitter accounts of billionaires Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and
Elon Musk and technology companies including Apple Inc. and Uber
Technologies Inc., appear to have been hacked Wednesday afternoon,
the latest instance in which users with millions of followers have
been compromised on the social- media platform.
The accounts of Mr. Musk, Mr. Gates, Mr. Bezos, Apple and others
posted similar messages requesting money be sent to their
cryptocurrency accounts. The messages received thousands of likes
before they were taken down.
The accounts of the bitcoin and Ripple cryptocurrencies posted
similar messages, along with popular cryptocurrency exchanges like
Coinbase.
The breach is the latest in a series of security failures that
Twitter has experienced in recent years. Last August, Twitter
Inc.'s chief executive Jack Dorsey's personal account was
compromised and used to send erratic and racist tweets.
In 2017, a number of prominent accounts were hacked and used to
convey pro-Turkish messages.
Representatives for Twitter didn't immediately respond to
requests for comment.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 15, 2020 17:52 ET (21:52 GMT)
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