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		VWWHFSfQ on July 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Live BTC transactions in Twitter hack The hackers made more profit in 5 minutes than Twitter has in 10 years

gkoberger on July 16, 2020 [–]

That's not true. The hackers made about $100k (assuming everything in the wallet is a real transaction from someone who was scammed), and Twitter's revenue in 2019 was $3.46 billion. Twitter's been posting a profit since 2018.

phreeza on July 16, 2020 | [–]

> Twitter's been posting a profit since 2018.

12 years after it was founded.

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