Twitter hacking megathread

Notable twitter accounts have been compromised. I'll post as many links as I can below. I'll scrape and attribute from the comments over time.

Users compromised (non exhaustive): Bill Gates
Elon Musk
Joe Biden
Warren Buffett
Kanye West
Michael Bloomberg
Apple
Uber
Jeff Bezos
Barack Obama
Wendys

You can watch the Bitcoin wallet here

Here is a link to a twitter search to see who all is tweeting the hacked message. Credit to /u/ppratik96

https://twitter.com/Cian_911/status/1283508808594132993?s=20

https://twitter.com/RachelTobac/status/1283509795316658176?s=20

https://twitter.com/YarnoRitzen/status/1283515596731297798?s=20

https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1283507013755056128?s=20

https://twitter.com/jasonbaumgartne/status/1283505889299832832?s=20

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1283504320848306177?s=20

https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1283503577760137219?s=20 Cian :fourleaf_clover: @jasonbaumgartne @oneunderscore_ @BrandyZadrozny Bezos hacked too, just seconds ago

CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/15/hackers-appear-to-target-twitter-accounts-of-elon-musk-bill-gates-others-in-digital-currency-scam.html

Mashable: https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-coinbase-binance-twitter-accounts-hacked-cryptocurrency-scam/

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/15/twitter-accounts-hacked-crypto-scam/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8

Co-founder of Gemini(crypto currency exchange who got hacked) says they used 2FA and a strong password.

Rumor is an employee panel got hacked which gives access to all Twitter accounts.

Statement from a spokesperson for Bill Gates. "We can confirm that this tweet was not sent by Bill Gates. This appears to be part of a larger issue that Twitter is facing. Twitter is aware and working to restore the account.” (credit to /u/batman_00)

Submitted July 16, 2020 at 03:16AM by X019 https://ift.tt/3eyTQ42