Man pleads guilty to hacking Elon Musk's and Joe Biden's Twitter accounts in bitcoin scam

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Elon Musk's Twitter account, and Joseph James O'Connor arrested in Spain in 2021.

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Russian security agents have been using a secret network of corrupted computers to spy on NATO for decades, but the US just busted it open, feds say

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A view shows decorations installed ahead of Victory Day, marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in front of the Federal Security Service (FSB) building on Lubyanka Square in Moscow, Russia May 8, 2023.
A view shows decorations installed ahead of Victory Day, marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in front of the Federal Security Service (FSB) building on Lubyanka Square in Moscow

I use these 5 ChatGPT hacks to cut my workload by 8 hours a week. Here's the exact wording of my prompts.

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Ashley Couto is freelance writer and brand officer for a small business.

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Coinbase customer who lost $96,000 in a crypto hack has sued the exchange after getting the brush-off

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Coinbase has been sued after a claimed customer hack.

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Why Twitter's SMS 2-factor authentication is changing — and how can you keep your account secure without paying to subscribe

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The Twitter logo is seen on a mobile device being held in front of several images of Elon Musk's face
Here's how to secure your Twitter account without paying for Twitter Blue.

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FTX's new boss says security was so weak that founders could 'download half a billion dollars' of crypto without detection, report says

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John J. Ray III and Sam Bankman-Fried.
John J. Ray III (left), the new CEO of FTX, and Sam Bankman-Fried, his predecessor.

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A bored hacktivist browsing an unsecured airline server stumbled upon national security secrets including the FBI's 'no-fly' list. She says what she found reveals a 'perverse outgrowth of the surveillance state.'

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A TSA agent at LAX.

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Twitter staff can tweet from any account in 'GodMode' because loopholes weren't closed after Bitcoin scam hack, former engineer reportedly says

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Twitter staff can tweet from any account, according to a former employee.

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