Twitter says 130 accounts were affected in the giant hack that wiped $1.3 billion off its market value
Twitter said Thursday it thinks 130 accounts were affected by its recent huge hack.
On Wednesday high-profile accounts belonging to dozens of public figures including Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and Kim Kardashian tweeted links to a Bitcoin scam.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more storiesTwitter's investigation into the Wednesday's hack which affected high-profile accounts belonging to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Kim Kardashian and many more, has found some 130 accounts were affected.
"Based on what we know right now, we believe approximately 130 accounts were targeted by the attackers in some way as part of the incident," Twitter said in aOn Wednesday dozens of high-profile accounts started tweeting a Bitcoin scam, asking followers to send money to a Bitcoin wallet address and promising to send back double the amount.
"We are continuing to assess whether non-public data related to these accounts was compromised, and will provide updates if we determine that occurred," it added.Twitter said on Wednesday the hack was a "social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools."
Social engineering is a term which means a hack where the attackers trick or convince someone into handing over access, rather than hacking into a system by technical means.
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