Google, Target ‘verified’ Twitter accounts hijacked to promote bitcoin scam

Google and Target are the latest to fall victim to malicious actors who hijack official ‘verified’ Twitter accounts in order to promote a “Bitcoin Giveaway Scam.”
On Tuesday, November 13th, both the Target and Google G-Suite ‘verified’ Twitter accounts were compromised and used to promote a scam advertising the giveaway of free bitcoin in the latest of a string of hacks focusing on leveraging high-profile businesses to take advantage of less-savvy Twitter user