On Wednesday, a major hack on Twitter gave people another reason to avoid the often controversial social media platform when prominent accounts were crowded. What appears to have been a clear Bitcoin scam was tweeted from verified accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, and former Vice President Joe Biden, among others, according to our research into the extent of Twitter hacking. The exploit, which occurred on the 14th anniversary of Twitter's public release date, asked users to send Bitcoin currency to a specific cryptocurrency wallet code and promised to send twice as much money (the second half is the scam... don't expect the check to be in the mail). This coordinated hack led Twitter to temporarily disable the ability to tweet from certain accounts. It has since been used and Twitter has posted an explanation of what happened. Development...