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Apple's Twitter Account Hacked by Bitcoin Scammers
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It's almost completely likely at this point it's directly related to Twitter's security.
I'm just happy (??) that these people didn't have much worse intentions with this hack. This could have gotten bad, fast.
why is that ridiculous ? Riding on a horse is not an efficient way to get around unless you have a big plot of land and it would be absurd to look backwards. Especially when cars used to be needlessly massive and heavy as sedans with huge tail fins. Looking back one would wonder how that was a thing.
I don’t understand what you’re saying but hey if Twitter is the epitome of American ingenuity and like driving from a to b for you, fine
True in Detail, but the underlying premise is correct. Question is would people jump to a new platform?
And would a new platform be allowed to be established or would activists come up with a number of real or imagined reasons to campaign against potential advertisers on a new platform? Cancel culture is a tad out of control at the movement.
That just wouldn't work from a technical standpoint. Even a ML algorithm would still end up deleting innocent tweets.
Don't delete your account. Twitter has 320 million active users. A spam post to your 30 buddies won't matter.You should delete your account here.
It'll impact $TWTR that's for sure.
It's not just Apple. A TON of verified accounts have been hacked, including Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Barack Obama, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Uber, Cash App, and more. This is a major security breach for Twitter as a whole, not just for Apple's Twitter account.
Nice to know that one of the features of a “verified” account is decreased security!!
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Twitter closed all “verified” accounts - basically an admission that their system got hacked.
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Twitter closed all “verified” accounts - basically an admission that their system got hacked.
It's pretty obvious (especially at the time when they were state of the art) how Blockbuster, AOL, Netscape, IM, dumb phones, and pagers were a thing.
Normally I would ask if you bothered reading the article, but it's clear you didn't even read the entire headline.
And if that wasn't bad enough, other people liked your post.
Yeah, they are down 3% after hours. And only geeks know about it right now. Might be brutal tomorrow.
@MacRumors, don’t feel bad that you were left out of the celebrity hacking. You’ll always be a celebrity to us nerds.
Their account (like mine) is now locked, as Twitter has locked down all verified accounts while they try to get this under control.
I need to go find my flip phone and pocket protector. Things are getting serious.
That’s really not the case. He is basically eager to bash Apple whenever there is a slight chance, so eager that he doesn’t care about the truth AT ALL.
I used Twitter for business purposes. I got tired of seeing so much verbal (textual) diarrhea on the platform, I cancelled my account.
Agreed, however, the one account that liked the post ... not surprised that they liked the post. Lol.
Their accounts weren't hacked. It looks like Twitter was and whoever got in was able to get full admin access to the platform. Really not good.