Twitter accounts belonging to Bill Gates and Elon Musk, among other prominent handles, were compromised and posted tweets that appeared to promote a cryptocurrency scam.
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The accounts, along with those of former President Barack Obama, Kanye West posted similar tweets soliciting donations via Bitcoin to their verified profiles.
Twitter says it is looking into the incident and would issue a statement soon.
You may be unable to Tweet or reset your password while we review and address this incident.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 15, 2020
Most accounts should be able to Tweet again. As we continue working on a fix, this functionality may come and go. We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 16, 2020
By: Roshini Ravindran
