Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates “hacked” in digital currency scam

A tweet sent by Elon Musk’s account on Wednesday asked for Bitcoin and promised to “double all payments” sent to an address.

It was the beginning of a wave of takeovers of high-profile Twitter accounts, including Apple, Uber, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and several cryptocurrency-related companies. The tweet was deleted minutes after it was sent, before a second tweet asking for bitcoin was posted from the same account and deleted again.

The bitcoin-related tweet was Apple’s first ever tweet, although the account had placed ads in the past.

-CNBC