The Twitter accounts of leading world figures and companies – including Barack Obama, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Apple – have been hacked by Bitcoin scammers, Igbere TV reports.
Other names reported to have been hacked include Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Uber, and Benjamin Netanyahu.
Twitter has said it is aware of a “security incident” impacting accounts and is “taking steps to fix it” and will issue a statement soon.
Over $110,000 has already reportedly been sent to Bitcoin scammers as part of the hack.
Details later…