Every blue-check verified account was blocked from tweeting - and while some rejoiced in this fact and made light of it, the situation was more serious.
Criminals had targeted Twitter with an unprecedented Bitcoin scam, infiltrating scores of celebrity accounts. So what exactly happened and what do we know so far?
Here’s everything you need to know. The Bitcoin scam saw dozens of high-profile accounts send tweets urging users to transfer $1,000 (£794) with a link to a Bitcoin address.In return, users were promised that their money would be doubled to $2,000 and returned to them.Bitcoin, often termed as a cryptocurrency, a virtual currency or a digital currency - is a type of money that is completely virtual.The hackers tweeted the same.
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