Elon Musk's compromised Twitter account
Scammers
said they’d double any bitcoin sent to an address, and the ploy was so
simple it just did work. The address linked to the scam received more than $103,000 worth of bitcoin, CoinDesk reported.
The response
After hours
of confusion and a muted response from the Twitter comms department, CEO
Jack Dorsey tweeted, “Tough day for us at Twitter. We all feel terrible
this happened. We’re diagnosing and will share everything we can when
we have a more complete understanding of exactly what happened.” Twitter
stock fell 3% after hours.
A small twist: All
of the hacked accounts were “verified,” essentially the celebs of
Twitter and owners of the coveted blue check mark on their handles.
Twitter blocked those accounts from tweeting at around 3:15PT, and then
allowed the blue checks to once again bestow their wisdom upon us two
hours later.
- In the interim, a mini-French Revolution took place on the platform where the Twitter proletariat assumed control.
Big picture: This
is an awful, awful look for Twitter and certainly the worst security
breach it’s ever suffered. Considering its central place in political,
economic, and cultural discourse, the company has a huge mountain to
climb to prove it can be trusted as a communication platform.
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