BREAKING: Google hacked to promote Bitcoin scam on Twitter

In the latest in a string of cryptocurrency-related hackings on Twitter, attackers have breached an official Google account to promote a Bitcoin giveaway scam to its over 800,000 followers. The official G Suite Twitter account just blasted the following message to hundreds of thousands of users: Hard Fork has yet to confirm for how long the tweet remained on G Suite’s feed, but it was no less than 11 minutes (as you can notie on the screenshot. Google has yet to address the mishap with an official statement. (We’ve reached out for comment and will update this piece accordingly if we…

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