Hacked

July 15
Prominent Twitter Accounts Hacked
- Entertainment
Twitter accounts belonging to Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Apple, among other prominent handles, were compromised on Wednesday and posted tweets that appeared to promote a cryptocurrency scam. The accounts, along with those of Kanye West, Jeff Bezos and Mike Bloomberg, posted similar tweets soliciting donations via Bitcoin to their verified profiles on […]

Taylor Martinez
June 10June 09
Thousands of Nintendo Accounts Have Been Hacked
- Entertainment
A total of 300,000 Nintendo accounts have been breached since the beginning of April, the company revealed Tuesday, as hackers used others’ Nintendo Network IDs without permission. The hack was first discovered in April, and at the time, Nintendo said users would no longer need to use these IDs to log into their accounts, and that passwords […]

Taylor Martinez
August 30August 30
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s account hacked
- Entertainment
The official Twitter account of Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of the social media platform, was hacked on Friday. One of the first tweets sent from his “compromised” account was the N-word. Another, sent minutes later, praised Hitler. More than a dozen racist or otherwise offensive original tweets were sent within 20 minutes from the account. […]

Nik Zecevic
August 14August 14
11-year-olds hack into replica election website, change vote tally to 12 billion
- Entertainment
An 11-year-old boy managed to hack into a replica of Florida’s election results website in 10 minutes and change names and tallies during a hackers convention, organizers said, stoking concerns about security ahead of nationwide votes. The boy was the quickest of 35 children, ages 6 to 17, who all eventually hacked into copies of […]