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Twitter: Hackers targeted 130 accounts, no passwords accessed

Twitter says hackers targeted 130 accounts during massive attack that allowed them to take over dozens of high-profile accounts of tech companies, executives, and celebrities to promote a Bitcoin scam. The compromised accounts were used to push a cryptocurrency scam that helped the scammers accumulate over $120,000 by promising victims to give them free bitcoins in exchange for a proof transfer or to double any bitcoins sent to the Bitcoin address used in the attack. Twitter is investigating if the attackers were able to access non-public data related to the hijacked accounts. The company also found no evidence of the attackers gaining access to the accounts passwords.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/twitter-hackers-targeted-130-accounts-no-passwords-accessed/

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