July 15, 2020: hackers took over high-profile Twitter accounts, including Barack Obama, Elon Musk and Apple, and posted a ‘send bitcoin, get double back’ scam. People sent over $100,000 in bitcoin. A Florida teenager was later sentenced to three years in prison. Sources: US DOJ press release (Jul 31 2020); NY Department of Financial Services report (Oct 2020); Reuters, Mar 2021 Educational content, not financial advice. #crypto #bitcoin #shorts Music: “Airship Serenity” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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