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Hijacked Twitter accounts run a bitcoin scam

Attackers took over verified accounts belonging to major public figures and posted a doubling scam.

The accounts of Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Apple and others promised to return double any bitcoin sent to a given address. The take was modest, but the compromise reached an internal Twitter administration tool.