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Twitter Celebrity Hacker Pleads Guilty In US
A British man pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in schemes to hack the Twitter accounts of celebrities like Barack Obama and Elon Musk and stealing $794,000 in cryptocurrency.
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Barack Obama No Longer Most Followed Twitter Account. Overtaken By...
Elon Musk has surpassed former US president Barack Obama as the most followed account on Twitter, five months after he bought the platform in a tumultuous takeover.
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Elon Musk Overtakes Barack Obama As Most Followed Twitter Account
Elon Musk has surpassed former US president Barack Obama as the most followed account on Twitter, five months after he bought the platform in a tumultuous takeover.
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UK Man Accused Of Hacking Biden, Obama's Twitter Accounts To Be Extradited
The accounts of former President Barack Obama, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla boss Elon Musk, who now owns Twitter, were also hit.
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Former US President Barack Obama Tests Positive For Covid
Barack Obama has tested positive for a mild case of Covid-19, the former US president said on his Twitter account Sunday.
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Twitter Celebrity Account Hack: Florida Teen Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to Three Years in Juvenile Prison
Graham Ivan Clark, the Florida teenager accused of being behind the hack of celebrity Twitter accounts last year has pleaded guilty and agreed to serve three years in juvenile prison.
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Twitter to Reset @POTUS Account Today Following Joe Biden’s Inauguration
Twitter is set to reset the official presidential accounts – @POTUS, @WhiteHouse, @FLOTUS, and @VP – as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be inaugurated as the next US President and Vice President, respectively.
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Twitter Security Fell Short Before Celebrity Hack, New York Regulator Says
Twitter suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a "simple" hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the accounts of several of the world's most famous people in July, according to a report released on Wednesday.
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Twitter Hack: US Teen Accused of Masterminding Bitcoin Scam Attack That Hit Obama, Musk
A 17-year-old Florida boy masterminded the hacking of celebrity accounts on Twitter, including those of US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, officials said on Friday.
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Twitter Says Phone Spear-Phishing Attack on Employees Led to Breach
Twitter, whose internal systems were breached about two weeks ago, said the incident targeted a small number of employees through a phone spear-phishing attack. Hackers targeted 130 accounts, tweeted from 45, accessed inbox of 36, and downloaded Twitter data from seven users.
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Twitter Hack: Apple, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Other High-Profile Accounts Hacked in Bitcoin Scam
Twitter accounts of several prominent verified users were hacked in a widespread Bitcoin scam early Thursday. The official accounts of former US President Barack Obama, rapper Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, media tycoon Mike Bloomberg, along with major brands such...
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Twitter Accounts Of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos Hacked In Crypto Scam
The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin, in a massive hack. The list of accounts commandeered simultaneously grew rapidly to include Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Uber, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bitcoin specialty firms...
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Barack Obama Lost 400,000 Followers On Twitter, Trump 100,000. Here's Why
US President Donald Trump lost about 100,000 of his 53.4 million followers, while his predecessor Barack Obama saw a significant drop of nearly 400,000 of his 104 million followers as Twitter began removing accounts locked by it for their suspicious activity, a media report said today.
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Trump, Obama Lose Followers as Twitter Sanitises Its Platform
The locked accounts are different from spam or bots and in most cases, these accounts were created by real people.
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Fake News Spreads 'Farther, Faster, Deeper' Than Truth, Study Finds
A tweet can wreak havoc in a few hundred characters, as demonstrated in April 2013 when someone hacked the Associated Press Twitter account and claimed that explosions at the White House had injured President Barack Obama. There were no explosions - and Obama was fine - but the Dow Jones average sank by 100 points in two minutes. Stock markets swif...
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Twitter Celebrity Hacker Pleads Guilty In US
A British man pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in schemes to hack the Twitter accounts of celebrities like Barack Obama and Elon Musk and stealing $794,000 in cryptocurrency.
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Barack Obama No Longer Most Followed Twitter Account. Overtaken By...
Elon Musk has surpassed former US president Barack Obama as the most followed account on Twitter, five months after he bought the platform in a tumultuous takeover.
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Elon Musk Overtakes Barack Obama As Most Followed Twitter Account
Elon Musk has surpassed former US president Barack Obama as the most followed account on Twitter, five months after he bought the platform in a tumultuous takeover.
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UK Man Accused Of Hacking Biden, Obama's Twitter Accounts To Be Extradited
The accounts of former President Barack Obama, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla boss Elon Musk, who now owns Twitter, were also hit.
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Former US President Barack Obama Tests Positive For Covid
Barack Obama has tested positive for a mild case of Covid-19, the former US president said on his Twitter account Sunday.
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Twitter Celebrity Account Hack: Florida Teen Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to Three Years in Juvenile Prison
Graham Ivan Clark, the Florida teenager accused of being behind the hack of celebrity Twitter accounts last year has pleaded guilty and agreed to serve three years in juvenile prison.
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Twitter to Reset @POTUS Account Today Following Joe Biden’s Inauguration
Twitter is set to reset the official presidential accounts – @POTUS, @WhiteHouse, @FLOTUS, and @VP – as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be inaugurated as the next US President and Vice President, respectively.
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Twitter Security Fell Short Before Celebrity Hack, New York Regulator Says
Twitter suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a "simple" hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the accounts of several of the world's most famous people in July, according to a report released on Wednesday.
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Twitter Hack: US Teen Accused of Masterminding Bitcoin Scam Attack That Hit Obama, Musk
A 17-year-old Florida boy masterminded the hacking of celebrity accounts on Twitter, including those of US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, officials said on Friday.
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Twitter Says Phone Spear-Phishing Attack on Employees Led to Breach
Twitter, whose internal systems were breached about two weeks ago, said the incident targeted a small number of employees through a phone spear-phishing attack. Hackers targeted 130 accounts, tweeted from 45, accessed inbox of 36, and downloaded Twitter data from seven users.
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Twitter Hack: Apple, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Other High-Profile Accounts Hacked in Bitcoin Scam
Twitter accounts of several prominent verified users were hacked in a widespread Bitcoin scam early Thursday. The official accounts of former US President Barack Obama, rapper Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, media tycoon Mike Bloomberg, along with major brands such...
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Twitter Accounts Of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos Hacked In Crypto Scam
The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin, in a massive hack. The list of accounts commandeered simultaneously grew rapidly to include Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Uber, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bitcoin specialty firms...
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Barack Obama Lost 400,000 Followers On Twitter, Trump 100,000. Here's Why
US President Donald Trump lost about 100,000 of his 53.4 million followers, while his predecessor Barack Obama saw a significant drop of nearly 400,000 of his 104 million followers as Twitter began removing accounts locked by it for their suspicious activity, a media report said today.
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Trump, Obama Lose Followers as Twitter Sanitises Its Platform
The locked accounts are different from spam or bots and in most cases, these accounts were created by real people.
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Fake News Spreads 'Farther, Faster, Deeper' Than Truth, Study Finds
A tweet can wreak havoc in a few hundred characters, as demonstrated in April 2013 when someone hacked the Associated Press Twitter account and claimed that explosions at the White House had injured President Barack Obama. There were no explosions - and Obama was fine - but the Dow Jones average sank by 100 points in two minutes. Stock markets swif...
