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Twitter attack is ongoing (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 OP
????? Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #1
It relates to this security issue.. Princess Turandot Jul 2020 #3
Merci! Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #4
Somebody put that out scam in Trump's name? gratuitous Jul 2020 #6
So someone, somewhere, is actually doing us a favor. Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #2
Twitter did that Sunsky Jul 2020 #5

Princess Turandot

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3. It relates to this security issue..
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 08:01 PM
Jul 2020
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213756843

Basically, they used well-known people's accounts to tweet an offer for $2000 in bitcoin - as a personal gift from that famous person! - to help with covid-driven money troubles, but the 'taker' had to send him or her $1000 in bitcoin first.

gratuitous

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6. Somebody put that out scam in Trump's name?
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 08:05 PM
Jul 2020

Nobody on the planet, and I'm including asylum residents and newborns, would think that Donald Trump would give away a thousand dollars. Amateurish.

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