Major Twitter Breach Nets Hackers Merely $117,000

Major Twitter Breach Nets Hackers Merely $117,000
A Twitter logo is displayed on a mobile phone in Arlington, Va. on May 27, 2020. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
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A brazen hack that allowed one or more intruders to post on behalf of some of the most prominent Twitter users has only generated $117,000 in bounty as of the morning of July 16.
The attack began in the afternoon on July 15 when prominent cryptocurrency accounts posted similar messages calling on people to deposit bitcoin into an account with a promise that the senders would receive twice their money back. The breach then quickly expanded to major accounts in business and politics, including Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Kanye West.
Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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