15+ Ways Twitter Reacted to Bitcoin Scammers Impersonating the Rich

Twitter accounts belonging to the rich and famous — including Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Joe Biden — were hijacked simultaneously on Wednesday in one of the most widespread hacks the platform has ever seen. All that was in name of filling certain Bitcoin wallets and sadly, before the scam tweets were deleted, one address had received more than $118,000 already. 

Barack Obama, Mike Bloomberg, Apple, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West, Wiz Khalifa, Warren Buffett, YouTube personality MrBeast, Wendy’s, Uber, CashApp, and some cryptocurrency entrepreneurs were also the target of the coordinated blitz.

SEE ALSO: HIGH-PROFILE TWITTER ACCOUNTS, ELON MUSK, HACKED AT ONCE IN CRYPTOCURRENCY SCAM

Twitter is still investigating the issue and therefore, this is a developing story. The platform previously suspended accounts belonging to verified users from tweeting or replying to other tweets, then turned everything back to the way it was, which is the first time Twitter has ever done this in the company’s history.

In the latest developments, Twitter has confirmed that employee tools were used in the hijacking. Amidst all this storm, Twitter users have not lost their humor of course, which is arguably what they all do best.

We gathered the best Twitter reactions that might make you laugh out loud while pondering about the Pandora's box that is cybersecurity. 

1. Where it all started:

When verified accounts went silent, the platform was at the mercy of the unverified.

all of unverified twitter pic.twitter.com/sFJltaj6C7

— Annie Palmer (@annierpalmer) July 15, 2020

2. The rise of the "non-checkmarked peasants"

Their time was here indeed.

My fellow non-checkmarked peasants, our time has come to rise up... and do absolutely nothing differently than we did a few hours ago.#twitterhacked #hacked pic.twitter.com/S0xgmOUmpq

— Dom John (@dominickjohn) July 15, 2020

3. Twitter after the "bluechecks" lost their ability to tweet

A renaissance like no other had begun...

4. There were questions to be asked...

And some people definitely knew where to look.

5. Some resemblances were uncanny

Since the verified accounts, a.k.a Squidwards, couldn't tweet, this was the situation. 

6. Stranger things had happened indeed

In a time of silence, they had to find other ways of communication.

7. So in the absence of the verified users, the party aged on

This might be the best one yet, and if you don't think so, you haven't watched Parasite for sure.

8. Verified users had to get creative

And some found workarounds...

lol at @dz’s workaround pic.twitter.com/AoBritOsy0

— pamela marie (@pwnela) July 15, 2020

9. A digital ouija board community surfaced

Tweeting as if you've been kidnapped became the norm for a hot minute.

10. Lots of references were made

Twitter users made references from Sponge Bob to Battlestar Galactica, making sure to include anything and everything. Breaking Bad fans, of course, knew what's good.

11. Hackers were probably surprised by the turn of events

As Twitter tried to manage the situation, some people reportedly actually sent money to the Bitcoin wallets in question. 

12. Twitter let the verified back in 

Twitter announced that the verified were welcomed back to the platform soon enough. Their "Arrival" was definitely soon enough.

13. This is gold

As always, smart people with smart memes were out and about.

14. Some shots were fired...

People were quick to point out Jeff Bezos' lack of philanthropic actions, which makes headlines from time to time, was what made them aware of the scam.

 15. Rude? Truth?

Shots were fired for Twitter's lack of security too.

Twitter's security be like:#twitterhacked pic.twitter.com/hOMS201n1k

— नागेश यादव ? (@datsmenagesh) July 16, 2020

16. Fame is not everything indeed

At the end of the day, "regular" Twitter users were relieved to see that their lack of fame was almost beneficial in this case.

All laughter and jokes aside, you can keep yourself up to date with this article which will be updated as more and more details are made public.