Many Celebrities And Political Figures In The United States Were Hacked Into Their Twitter Accounts. Obama And Bill Gates Were Recruited.

Hacking of Twitter accounts of many American celebrities and dignitaries (US media)

Overseas Network, July 16 (CNN) reported that on Wednesday (15th) local time, the Twitter accounts of many American celebrities and politicians were hacked and posted a Bitcoin fraud link. People whose accounts were hacked include former US President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate Biden, Microsoft company founder Bill Gates, Amazon company founder Jeff Bezos, financial tycoon Warren Buffett, Tesla CEO Long Musk, former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, singer Kanye West, American socialite Kim Kardashian, etc.

The number of celebrity politician accounts affected this time is arguably the largest security incident in Twitter history. Twitter officials said they are investigating the matter. Some of Twitter's functions will be limited, and Twitter-certified accounts will not be able to post tweets or reset their passwords.

CNN reported that there are currently 320 transaction data, and hackers have obtained at least 113,000 US dollars of Bitcoin. Because some national leaders will announce major policy decisions via Twitter, such as US President Trump. There is no news that Trump's Twitter account has been hacked. If a hacker hacks into a leader’s account, it may have disastrous consequences. When asked whether he was worried about Trump's account being affected, or whether he contacted Twitter about the issue, the White House declined to comment. Biden's campaign assistant said that Biden's account has been "locked", "we are in touch with Twitter on this matter."