Unverified accounts had so many jokes when Twitter…

Unverified accounts had so many jokes when Twitter blocked Blue Checks from tweeting after hack

So, Wednesday was not a great day at the offices of Twitter.

The verified Twitter accounts of various politicians, billionaires and celebrities were hacked around 5 p.m. ET in an apparent Bitcoin scam and data breach. The hackers posted messages from the accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Jeff Bezos and Mike Bloomberg — among several other prominent accounts — promising to double Bitcoin contributions sent to a BTC wallet.

It was unclear exactly how the hack took place, but Twitter confirmed the breach and responded by disabling posting privileges for every verified account on the platform.

As a result, the blue-check accounts were only allowed to retweet. And while Twitter scrambled behind the scenes to address the situation, unverified accounts kept Twitter fun with plenty of jokes about the new state of Twitter.

all of unverified twitter pic.twitter.com/sFJltaj6C7

— Annie Palmer (@annierpalmer) July 15, 2020

Twitter without the blue checks, it’s finally happening pic.twitter.com/tZJQl13VNx

— tyson brody (@tysonbrody) July 15, 2020

society if the blue checks were never allowed back pic.twitter.com/mPA348F5sF

— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) July 15, 2020

TWITTER HAS LOCKED VERIFIED ACCOUNTS FROM TWEETING!

THE AGE OF THE BLUE CHECKS IS OVER!

THE TIME OF THE ORC HAS COME

— God (@thegoodgodabove) July 15, 2020

If you are a verified account and absolutely need to tweet DM me and I will tweet for you for ten dollars per tweet

— BUM CHILLUPS, NPR CLASS PUNDIT (@edsbs) July 15, 2020

they locked all verified accounts from posting lmao

— BAKOON (@BAKKOOONN) July 15, 2020

UNVERIFIED TWITTER TAKING BACK THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION STARTING TODAY https://t.co/06b1P7ACoC

— Danklin, Himself in His Doo Doo Daddies (@HeyItsDanklin) July 15, 2020

[the verified accounts can still see your tweets. shhhh]

— bring on the dancing horses (@inthefade) July 15, 2020

yessssssssssss burn this mf site TO THE GROUND

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 15, 2020

the blue checks can't post, it's time for the proletariat revolution on twitter dot com

— xoxo gossip zo ✨🌙 (@zoenone0none) July 15, 2020

if you got one of them fancy blue checks and can’t tweet right now i will send one for you for 600 dollars

— CokerDeepBall (@CokerDeepBall) July 15, 2020

“Twitter is ours! Freedom from check marks!!!” I yell through an empty apartment which is kind of like tweeting in general never mind

— liz drabick (@lizdrabick) July 15, 2020