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Twitter confirms 130 accounts were targeted as FBI launches probe on massive hack

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Twitter confirmed that approximately 130 accounts were targeted in the massive hack that has sent the social media company reeling and now has the attention …
Twitter confirmed that approximately 130 accounts were targeted in the massive hack that has sent the social media company reeling and now has the attention of the Federal Bureau.
On Wednesday, the Twitter accounts of a handful of prominent users including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Kanye West were apparently compromised by a hacker asking users to send funds to a Bitcoin account.
At the time, the social media company said in a statement that attackers « successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools » and temporarily suspended the ability of all verified Twitter accounts from posting.

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