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“#FBI reportedly probing massive Twitter<\/a> hack, bitcoin scam<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 16, 2020 |<\/span> 3:03pm |<\/span> Updated July 16, 2020 | 3:36pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey<\/span>
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\n The FBI is reportedly investigating a major Twitter hack and bitcoin scam that compromised the accounts of big business and political figures including Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

The bureau is looking into the hack \u2014 which was reportedly carried out with the help of a Twitter insider \u2014 to see whether vulnerabilities in the social network\u2019s systems could pose a greater national security threat, according to the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n

The scammers took over prominent Twitter accounts on Wednesday to push a bitcoin scam that promised followers of the accounts would have their money doubled if they transferred funds to a linked bitcoin wallet.<\/p>\n

\u201cFeeling greatful, doubling all payments sent to my BTC address!,\u201d read a since-deleted tweet on Musk\u2019s account, which misspelled the word grateful. \u201cYou send $1,000, I send back $2,000! Only doing this for the next 30 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cybersecurity company Unit 221b and blockchain analysis company Chainalysis Inc. both told the paper they had been contacted by law enforcement about the matter.<\/p>\n

Representatives for Twitter and the FBI did not respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment. A spokesperson told the Journal that the bureau is \u201caware of the hack\u201d but did not comment further.<\/p>\n

The hackers reportedly paid an employee for help attacking Twitter,\u00a0though the terms of their purported deal are unclear.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe used a rep that literally done all the work for us,\u201d another hacker told the tech site Motherboard.<\/p>\n

The accounts were taken over with an internal Twitter tool that shows various details about the identity and status of user accounts, such as whether the email address has been confirmed and whether the account has been suspended, according to screenshots Motherboard published.<\/p>\n

\nSan Francisco-based Twitter said it has moved to limit access to its internal systems and tools while it investigates the incident, which it called \u201ca coordinated social engineering attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking into what other malicious activity they may have conducted or information they may have accessed,\u201d Twitter said in a series<\/a> of tweets.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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