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Halted more than $280,000 in bitcoin transactions during Twitter hack: Coinbase

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Coinbase has claimed that it stopped around 1,100 customers from sending bitcoin to hackers who gained access to high-profile Twitter accounts last week. The bitcoin scammers had hacked 130 accounts belonging to eminent personalities like Joe Biden and Bill Gates to promote a scam. Twitter is still investigating the massive cyber attack. Hackers were able to download account data belonging to eight unverified users.