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Obama, Biden, Netanyahu, Musk: Here's a List of Every Hacked Twitter Account

Twitter got hacked. Prominent users are shilling sketchy crypto addresses. Here's a list of victims.

By Nikhilesh De
AccessTimeIconJul 15, 2020 at 10:45 p.m. UTC
Updated Aug 19, 2021 at 3:08 a.m. UTC
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Twitter melted down Wednesday as the accounts of former President Barack Obama, presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, Kanye West, Elon Musk, prominent crypto Twitter figures, exchanges and others with verified accounts were hacked. Here's a growing list of the victims:

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    • Barack Obama
    • Joe Biden
    • Elon Musk
    • Benjamin Netanyahu
    • Floyd Mayweather
    • Kanye West
    • Changpeng Zhao
    • Charlie Lee
    • Justin Sun
    • Michael Bloomberg
    • Jeff Bezos
    • Warren Buffett
    • Wiz Khalifa
    • Bill Gates
    • XXXTentacion
    • Kim Kardashian West
    • MrBeast
    • Numerous other minor and unverified Twitter accounts
    Joe Biden, hacked.
    Joe Biden, hacked.
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hacked
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hacked

    Follow our coverage: Everything We Know About the Bitcoin Scam Rocking Twitter’s Most Prominent Accounts

    Exchanges and other crypto firms

    • Binance
    • Coinbase
    • KuCoin
    • Gemini
    • Bitfinex
    • Bitcoin
    • Ripple
    • CoinDesk
    Compromised Twitter accounts shilled a sketchy link. (Twitter.com)
    Compromised Twitter accounts shilled a sketchy link. (Twitter.com)

    Corporates

    • Cash App
    • Apple
    • Uber

    This is a developing story.

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