Twitter hack hits high-profile accounts including Obama, Biden; exposes chilling potential risks to national security

All hell broke loose on Twitter late Wednesday afternoon thanks to a sitewide hack perpetrated by a group of hackers who’d reportedly paid off a Twitter employee for access to the social media network’s back-end control panel tools.

Using these tools, the hackers commandeered the accounts of several high-powered blue checkmark figures — including former President Barack Obama and presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden — and used them to trick unsuspecting followers into sending them Bitcoin payments.

David Adams

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