Obama, Biden, Netanyahu, Musk: Here's a List of Every Hacked Twitter Account

Twitter got hacked. Prominent users are shilling sketchy crypto addresses. Here's a list of victims.

By Nikhilesh De

Jul 15, 2020 at 10:45 p.m. UTC

Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 9:31 a.m. UTC

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Twitter melted down Wednesday as the accounts of former President Barack Obama, presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, Kanye West, Elon Musk, prominent crypto Twitter figures, exchanges and others with verified accounts were hacked. Here's a growing list of the victims:

People

Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Elon Musk
Benjamin Netanyahu
Floyd Mayweather
Kanye West
Changpeng Zhao
Charlie Lee
Justin Sun
Michael Bloomberg
Jeff Bezos
Warren Buffett
Wiz Khalifa
Bill Gates
XXXTentacion
Kim Kardashian West
MrBeast
Numerous other minor and unverified Twitter accounts

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Exchanges and other crypto firms

Binance
Coinbase
KuCoin
Gemini
Bitfinex
Bitcoin
Ripple
CoinDesk

Corporates

Cash App
Apple
Uber

This is a developing story.

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