NEW YORK: Twitter got hacked and for a short while from tesla's Elon musk to former u.s president Barack Obama. some of the worlds rich and powerful seem to be selling a Ponzi scheme twitter's slip up is confounding. A hacker unleashed a bitcoin scam millions of followers were the unsuspecting targets our next report decodes the scam for you July 15 2020 will go down in tech history as the day of the great hack on twitter for two hours higher-profile users in america. were in shock accounts of major companies and individuals were compromised in a blitzkrieg bitcoin scammers targeted some of the most recognizable faces on twitter why to make some easy money elon musk's account posted the first of the mysterious tweets . .It asked people to send money to a bitcoin wallet address which is like a bank account number for bitcoin transactions followers were told their money will be doubled soon .Former president barack obama democratic presidential candidate joe biden the world's richest man Amazon founder jeff bezos microsoft's billionaire founder bill gates the iPhone maker apple and several other verified accounts began tweeting similar posts millions of users followed these accounts many fell into the trap so far the hacker has pocketed over 100 thousand dollars. But it took Twitter two hours to respond for the first time ever it froze all verified accounts the fake tweets were deleted but they began to reappear as fast as they were being erased the hacker was in total control twitter's two-step verification was easily breached how did that happen .twitter has the embarrassing answer the hacker gained access to a Twitter employee's admin privileges technically. Twitter was the first to get hacked in this fiasco CEO jack Dorsey tweeted saying he feels terrible but this is not new to him last year, Dorsey's account was hijacked the company promised to fix the loopholes clearly it hasn't the head of products at twitter kay von bakpour said sorry to users but this may not be enough politicians are a worried lot in the run-up to u.s presidential election republican senator josh hawley has already written to twitter. CEO Jack Dorsey the letter lists immediate concerns reserving the most important question to the end did this attack threaten the security of president Donald trump's twitter account the concern is justified the hacker could have had a field day with trump's account well whoever is behind the hacking could have caused more damage. The access they had is unprecedented they were after money hence caused no major harm to reputations, but twitter will have to answer some tough questions it won't be long before investigation agencies come knocking can twitter really come out of this with its reputation intact viewer report we own world is one you .
