The Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama and many Silicon Valley executives were hacked on July 15, 2020. - NBC News

"Happy Wednesday! I offer bitcoins to all my subscribers. I double all payments sent to the bitcoin address below. It is not known if some fell into the trap, but this message - or slightly different versions - has been posted on the Twitter account of many politicians and Silicon Valley politicians, including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates. Faced with this red alert, Twitter confirmed that it had been the victim of a "security incident".

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.

- Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 15, 2020

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