‘The Daily Social Distancing Show With Trevor Noah’ Is Almost Famous, Avoids Twitter Hack

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Twitter was scrambling today to contain the fallout from a major embarrassment, as the accounts of such prominent people as Bill Gates, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos and Barack Obama all were victimized by a bitcoin scam that promised the unwary a chance to double their money.

Fortunately, Trevor Noah somehow avoided the hack to his account, even though he’s famous. “Maybe the second round,” he joked.

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Luckily, President Donald Trump’s Twitter account was also left alone. But if a hack were to happen, “The only way to know is if the spelling was correct,” Noah said.

To combat its bitcoin problem, Twitter temporarily disabled the tweets from anyone with a verified account, the fabled blue checkmark. “I had to resort to drastic measures,” Noah said. Which consisted of yelling out the window to Anna Kendrick.

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