Twitter says attackers downloaded data from up to eight non-verified accounts

- Twitter Inc said on Saturday that hackers were able to download account information for up to eight accounts involved in the hack of its systems this week, but said none of them were verified accounts.

Hackers accessed Twitter's internal systems to hijack some of the platform's top voices including U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, former U.S. President Barack Obama and billionaire Elon Musk and used them to solicit digital currency. The high-profile accounts that were hacked also included rapper Kanye West, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, investor Warren Buffett, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and the corporate accounts for Uber and Apple.

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Twitter says about 130 accounts were targeted in cyber attack this weekTwitter said that the hackers were able to gain control of a small number of accounts and send tweets from them. The company added that it was continuing to assess whether hackers were able to access private data of the targeted accounts. Accounts of celebrities and political figures including Joe
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