Bitcoin Hackers Take Over President Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, And Other Top Twitter Accounts To Defraud Millions

Some unscrupulous hackers appear to have waged a war on top verified Twitter accounts in order to defraud unsuspecting persons of their hard-earned money.

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The hackers who were after crypto-currency took over accounts belonging to corporations such as Apple and Uber and famous people including President Obama, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk.

A tweet sent from the verified account of former US President Barack Obama asked followers to send bitcoin into a bitcoin account, promising to double whatever they sent in 30 minutes.

Within minutes, unsuspecting people had sent their hard-earned money to the unscrupulous persons and posted screenshot evidence awaiting their returns.

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Later, some Twitter users sounded an alarm over the tweets, cautioning fellow users not to send any money since it was nothing but a scam.

Twitter spokeswoman Aly Pavela said the company was looking into the issue and would have more to say later.

Source: GhanaCelebrities.Com