The link to the Bitcoin wallet is consistent throughout all the tweets, suggesting a cryptocurrency scam.
Most of the accounts that were accessed in the scam had at least a million followers.
We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.
We are investigating and taking steps to fix it.
We will update everyone shortly.
Most accounts should be able to Tweet again.
As we continue working on a fix, this functionality may come and go.
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Tough day for us at Twitter, Dorsey wrote.
Were diagnosing and will share everything we can when we have a more complete understanding of exactly what happened.
The popular Bitcoin exchange Coinbase has blocked its users from sending money to the address.
This allowed them or others involved to gain control of the account through password resets and post the tweets.
We used a rep that literally done all the work for us, one of the sources told Motherboard.
The second source added they paid the Twitter insider.
However, Twitter removed these since they revealed personal information about the compromised accounts.
The company alsohave limited employee access to their system administrative tools as they evaluate the situation.
source: www.techworm.net