Twitter Account hacks of several celebrities including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Barack Obama; Promised to send 2000 for $ 1000 bitcoin


Posted on 16th Jul 2020 12:56 pm by rohit kumar

Twitter accounts of several celebrities and companies were hacked on Wednesday, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and former US President Barack Obama. Hackers also targeted the accounts of iPhone company Apple and cab service company Uber. Hackers resorted to big names for cryptocurrency fraud. Understand the whole matter in question and answer-

 

Which celebrities' accounts were hacked?

1. Bill Gates (Co-Founder, Microsoft)

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2. Jeff Bezos (CEO, Amazon)

3. Warren Buffet (Famous Investor)

4. Elon Musk (CEO, Tesla)

5. Barack Obama (US presidential election candidate)

6. Joe Biden (Former Vice President of America)

7. Kim Kardashian West (Media Celebrity)

8. Mike Bloomberg (Businessman, Politician)

9. Kanye West (Singer)

 

Which companies have their accounts hacked?

1. Apple

2. Uber

 

What was the intention of the hackers?

Hackers fraudulently named people in the name of big celebrities and companies. Hacked the official Twitter accounts of celebrities and posted a message that we want to help you. We will return double the value of bitcoins in your account to the dollar you value. Within 30 minutes, if you send bitcoins worth $ 1000, then we will return $ 2000.

 

How much harm did people have?

According to Blockchain.com, a site that monitors cryptocurrency transactions, before the fraud was discovered, people had sent bitcoins worth $ 1.16 lakh to a fake account, whose links were shared via hacked accounts.

 

What will be the impact on the celebrity's life and America's politics?

Theresa Peyton, CEO of cybersecurity company Fortalis Solutions, says it is unclear how much information was stolen by hackers. Hackers can blackmail people if they access the direct messages of Twitter accounts. Hackers can also create trouble in this year's US presidential election or any major event. Celebrities and companies whose accounts have been hacked have crores of followers.

 

What action did Twitter take?

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says it's a difficult time. We are investigating. When it is clear how this happened, then you will share the information with you. Twitter has disabled fake accounts and removed fake tweets.

 

Jack Dorsey's account was also hacked last year

In March 2017, hackers hijacked Twitter accounts of Amnesty International, The French Economics Ministry, and the BBC's North America Service. In August last year, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account was hacked and posted to spread racism and hate.

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