Twitter says attackers downloaded data from up to eight non-verified accounts
The high-profile accounts that were hacked also included rapper Kanye West, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, investor Warren Buffett, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and the corporate accounts for Uber and Apple
Twitter Inc said on Saturday that hackers were able to download account information for up to eight accounts involved in the hack of its systems this week, but said none of them were verified accounts.
The company said bit.ly/3eAuwuE the attackers targeted 130 accounts, and were able to reset passwords and take control of 45 of them and tweet from those accounts.
Hackers accessed Twitter's internal systems to hijack some of the platform's top voices including US presidential candidate Joe Biden, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, former US President Barack Obama and billionaire Elon Musk and used them to solicit digital currency.
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Publicly available blockchain records show the apparent scammers received more than $100,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
The high-profile accounts that were hacked also included rapper Kanye West, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, investor Warren Buffett, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and the corporate accounts for Uber and Apple.
In its latest statement, Twitter said attackers "manipulated a small number of employees" to gain access to the internal support tools used in the hack.
The company said it was holding back some of the details of the attack as it continues its investigation and reiterated that it was working with impacted account owners.
