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Hackers Allegedly Paid Twitter ‘Insider’ To Help Them Hijack High-Profile Accounts, Report Says

Ryan Saavedra
Hackers Allegedly Paid Twitter ‘Insider’ To Help Them Hijack High-Profile Accounts, Report Says
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Individuals who allegedly were part of the massive hack that brought Twitter to its knees on Wednesday claim that they paid a Twitter insider to help them hijack the Twitter accounts of numerous high-profile figures.

Some of the accounts that were hijacked included Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Mike Bloomberg, Kanye West, Apple, Uber, Warren Buffett, Kim Kardashian, Cash App, Floyd Mayweather, and many others.

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