"The ability of bad actors to take over prominent accounts, even fleetingly, signals a worrisome vulnerability in this media environment – exploitable not just for scams, but for more impactful efforts to cause confusion, havoc, and political mischief.
All rights reserved. Over a week ago , Loeffler along with Sens. All market data delayed 20 minutes.Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News. We haven't heard anything from Twitter on how/why this happened or if they plan on doing anything to rectify the situation," Surabian told Fox News.A spokesperson for Twitter previously declined to specifically address the locked accounts but said they are "working" to provide answers.On Wednesday evening, Twitter accounts belonging to former President Obama, former Vice President Joe Biden, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and rapper icon Kanye West were among those hacked to send out a bitcoin scam to their millions of followers.As part of its investigation, Twitter locked the accounts of those affected by the hack and temporarily also shut down tweets from millions of verified accounts.The accounts belonging to Obama, Gates, Bezos, Musk and West, as well as companies that were also hacked – like Apple and Uber – appear to remain locked pending Twitter's investigation.Joe Biden, though, returned to Twitter on Thursday afternoon, asking his followers to "chip in" to his campaign.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Warnock would beat Loeffler 43 percent to 40 percent, according to the survey, an advantage that is again just within the margin of error. All rights reserved. All market data delayed 20 minutes.
"Since early evening yesterday, both Donald Trump Jr. and I have been locked out of our respective Twitter accounts. The Twitter attack was part of scam involving cryptocurrency; senior correspondent Claudia Cowan reports from San Francisco.More public figures appear to have been affected by Twitter lockouts following the widespread hack on the social media platform, including Rep. Doug Collins, R-Georgia, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia.A source familiar with the situation told Fox News that Collins has been locked out of his official government account but still has access to his campaign account.Later, in a statement to Fox News, Collins slammed Twitter for "failing" to protect its users from being hacked by criminals. It is absolutely essential that Twitter and law enforcement investigate this matter fully, and that all large social media platforms put greater resources and monitoring into high-risk accounts.”Several journalists appear to have also been locked out of their Twitter accounts, including Politico reporter Lara Seligman, Daily Beast editor-at-large Molly Jong-Fast, and BuzzFeed Social Media strategist Josh Billinson.Other accounts that have been known to be locked out include Donald Trump Jr., his spokesman Andy Surabian, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and the House Judiciary GOP. Collins has the highest favorability rating of the three candidates, though barely, according to Public Policy Polling.Thirty-four percent of respondents said they have a favorable opinion of Collins, while 35 percent said they had an unfavorable opinion and 32 percent said they weren’t sure.Loeffler registered a 29 percent favorable rating and a 43 percent unfavorable rating, while 28 percent said they weren’t sure what to think.Warnock garnered a 32 percent favorable rating and a 33 percent unfavorable rating, with 35 percent of respondents saying they weren’t sure of their opinion, putting him in roughly the same position as Collins.Support for Warnock increased substantially when respondents were informed of his background as the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the former pulpit of Martin Luther King Jr., that he is one of 11 children raised in a public housing project and that he is the first in his family to graduate from college.The poll found that 36 percent of respondents said they would vote for Warnock when informed of his background, while 23 percent said they would vote for Collins and 18 percent said they would vote for Loeffler.After being told of Warnock’s accomplishments, 44 percent of voters said they would back him in a head-to-head matchup against Collins, while 42 percent said they would support the GOP House member.When Warnock’s life story was included, 46 percent of respondents said they would vote for him over Loeffler, while 39 percent said they would support Senate Republican incumbent. Rep. Doug Collins (R) is leading Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) by 2 points in the Georgia special election to fill the seat of retired Sen.
"Social media platforms have become central to political leaders communicating with constituents, media personalities interacting with their fans, and brands engaging with their customers," the Democratic senator told Fox News in a statement. Follow him on Twitter Journalist Jong-Fast and the House Judiciary GOP also regained access to their accounts.Other high-profile figures who were affected by the hack include Kim Kardashian, Warren Buffet, and Michael Bloomberg.The hackers posted tweets on accounts of politicians, celebrities, companies and others, offering to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to a bitcoin address.Twitter indicated that a "coordinated social engineering attack" was behind the widespread hack.“We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools,” Twitter Support wrote Wednesday night.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inboxThis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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