FBI leads probe into Twitter breach ensnaring Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Elon Musk as social giant scrambles to explain
THE FBI is reportedly investigating the massive Twitter hack on Wednesday that saw accounts from Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and others, targeted.
Two sources told Reuters on Thursday that the is now looking into the breach, .
“The accounts appear to have been compromised in order to perpetuate cryptocurrency fraud.”
Other high-profile Twitter accounts, including , , , , and his, wife , were also breached.
The unidentified hackers broke into the accounts on Wednesday and sent fake tweets that offered to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to an anonymous address.
US intelligence agencies said that engaged in coordinated attempts to interfere in those US elections through social media tampering and various hacks, including targeting the various campaigns and major party organizations.
might also be a simple demonstration of Twitter’s weak security controls as the US heads into the 2020 presidential election.
Twitter’s shares fell three percent in extended trading after news of the hack broke on Wednesday.