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Many verified Twitter accounts able to post again after cryptocurrency scam

Twitter had limited some users' ability to tweet, reset passwords and use other unspecified "account functions" after many of the platform's top accounts were hacked

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Twitter had limited some users' ability to tweet, reset passwords and use other unspecified "account functions"

Reuters San Francisco

1 min read Last Updated : Jul 16 2020 | 7:48 AM IST

Twitter users with verified accounts started to be able to send tweets again at around 8:30 pm EDT, after the company had silenced some of its highest-profile users in response to an hours-long security incident.

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Twitter had limited some users' ability to tweet, reset passwords and use other unspecified "account functions" after many of the platform's top accounts were hacked and used to solicit digital currency.

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