BARACK OBAMA TO BILL GATES.
THE QUESTION, HOW DID THEY PULL
IT OFF?
GOOD EVENING, I'M VERONICA DE
LA CRUZ.
TWITTER HIT WITH A HIGH
PROFILE ATTACK.
LET'S GET TO KEN BASTIDA WITH
WHAT WE KNOW NOW.
YEAH GUYS, THIS IS CRAZY.
IT'S BEING CALLED THE BIGGEST
SECURITY INCIDENT IN TWITTER'S
HISTORY.
ATTACK URS TARGETED SEVERAL
HIGH PROFILE ACCOUNTS WITH
THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS.
IN AN APPARENT BITCOIN SCAM.
THEY INCLUDE ACCOUNTS OF
FOLLOWER PRESIDENT BARACK
OBAMA, JOE BIDEN, BILL GATES,
AND TESLA CEO ELON MUSK.
THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT
APPEARED ON MUSK'S TWITTER IT
READ IN PART QUOTE FEELING
GRATEFUL, DOUBLING ALL PAYMENTS
SENT TO MY BTC ADDRESS.
THE TWEET ALSO HAD A LINK WHERE
PEOPLE CAN DONATE.
IT'S RATHER AMAZING TO SEE
THIS MANY ACCOUNTS COMPROMISED
AT ONCE.
AND IT ALL APPEARS TO BE OVER
SOME BITCOIN SCAM.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE
MONEY.
AS A RESULT, AT THE MOMENT, A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BLUE
CHECK MARKS, SO THEY'RE
VERIFIED ACCOUNTS, ARE NOT ABLE
TO TWEET.
IN A STATEMENT, TWITTER
SAYS WE ARE AWARE OF A SECURITY
INCIDENT IMPACTING ACCOUNTS ON
TWITTER.
WE ARE INVESTIGATING AND TAKING
STEPS TO FIX IT.
WE WILL UPDATE EVERYONE
SHORTLY.
AND WITHIN JUST THE PAST HOUR,
TWITTER SAYS THAT IT IS
LIMITING THE ABILITY TO TWEET
OR RESET PASSWORDS FOR NOW.
MEAN TIME, IT APPEARS THE
