Hijacked celebrity Twitter accounts used in bitcoin scam
In 2020, the Twitter accounts of celebrities including Barack Obama were hacked and used in a bitcoin scam. In November 2025, a British hacker was ordered to return about $5.4 million in bitcoin.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- X
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Twitter accounts of celebrities including Barack Obama hijacked
- Cause / method
- Bitcoin scam via account hacking
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- The bitcoin scam carried out through hacked Twitter accounts came back into the spotlight.
- A British man who hacked celebrity accounts in 2020 was ordered to return about $5.4 million in bitcoin.
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