Twitter Hacked: Netizens roast security system, verified accounts with hilarious memes

Twitter accounts of major world leaders including Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Warren Buffet were hacked by BitCoin scammers on July 16. This High profile hack did t only expose vulnerabilities of Twitter security system but also fuelled online scepticism and trolling. event that left world stunned soon triggered a massive meme riot with netizens hilariously targetting bluetick accounts. 

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Just before 4:30 PM ET on July 16, hackers sent in a mess from hacked accounts asking bitcoins from gullible people. In mess, hackers gave a cryptic address linked to ir BitCoin accounts and enticed people to get double amount y send. Though, accounts were locked and tweets removed immediately, hackers, by n, had already earned over 55000 dollars.

Twitter hacked

A series of scam tweets that were launched read, “I‘m feeling greatful, doubling all payments sent to my BTC address.” tweet also contained a bitcoin address, presumably one associated with hacker’s crypto wallet. 

hacker group behind this incident has t been revealed yet. However, official Twitter handle of Twitter posted a mess for its users saying, “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.” It also talked about password setting and wrote, ‘We’re continuing to limit ability to Tweet, reset your password, and some or account functionalities while we look into this. Thanks for your patience.”

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