The attack took place on July 15 and involved the abuse of internal Twitter systems and tools to gain access to high-profile accounts such as those of Jeff Bezos, Mike Bloomberg, Bill Gates, or Elon Musk, and post fake messages promoting a crypto-currency scam.
The messages encouraged account followers to send money to this Bitcoin address, claiming they would be returned double the amount. Over $100,000 were sent to the address within several hours.
