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fleur-de-lisa

(14,623 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2020, 05:17 PM Jul 2020

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Major hack underway, targeting prominent accts (Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Apple) to push crypto scam

Caroline Orr @RVAwonk (National Observer)

#BREAKING: There appears to be a major hack underway, targeting numerous prominent accounts and using them to push a crypto scam. Hacked accounts include Bill Gates, Elon Musk, CashApp, Apple, and more. Accounts belonging to Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, & Uber also appear to be hacked as part of the same crypto scam.

4:11 PM · Jul 15, 2020

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Major hack underway, targeting prominent accts (Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Apple) to push crypto scam (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 OP

Joe Biden's Twitter account was hacked too fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #1

Hacked Biden's account too SoonerPride Jul 2020 #2

They knew better than target orange dumbass. cos dem Jul 2020 #3

Probably 2naSalit Jul 2020 #5

true rockfordfile Jul 2020 #10

Brad Parscale was prolly behind it. fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #6

Only with help. He's too stupid to do it on his own. cos dem Jul 2020 #11

Obama's too! Already deleted. nt blaze Jul 2020 #4

! demmiblue Jul 2020 #7

Somebody's showing off. Test run for something bigger? nt crickets Jul 2020 #8

Indeed. nt coti Jul 2020 #9

fleur-de-lisa

(14,623 posts)

1. Joe Biden's Twitter account was hacked too

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 05:28 PM

Jul 2020

but they caught it within a few minutes and removed the tweet.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)

2. Hacked Biden's account too

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 05:30 PM

Jul 2020

🤬

cos dem

(902 posts)

3. They knew better than target orange dumbass.

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 05:35 PM

Jul 2020

The idea of Drumpf being generous is ridiculous on its face.

2naSalit

(86,289 posts)

5. Probably

Reply to cos dem (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 05:40 PM

Jul 2020

pootie's goons.

rockfordfile

(8,695 posts)

10. true

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 06:11 PM

Jul 2020

fleur-de-lisa

(14,623 posts)

6. Brad Parscale was prolly behind it.

Reply to cos dem (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 05:41 PM

Jul 2020

Kidding, not kidding.

cos dem

(902 posts)

11. Only with help. He's too stupid to do it on his own.

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 06:45 PM

Jul 2020

Quite possible that Vlad offered up some talent.

blaze

(6,335 posts)

4. Obama's too! Already deleted. nt

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 05:39 PM

Jul 2020

demmiblue

(36,806 posts)

7. !

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 05:45 PM

Jul 2020

Link to tweet

crickets

(25,946 posts)

8. Somebody's showing off. Test run for something bigger? nt

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 06:06 PM

Jul 2020

coti

(4,612 posts)

9. Indeed. nt

Reply to crickets (Reply #8)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 06:09 PM

Jul 2020

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