WaPo article: https://archive.is/wip/sgViP
Company owner Elon Musk tweeted that the change was a “temporary emergency measure” to deter third-party scraping of data from the social media platform. “We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!” Musk wrote.
User "elonmusk" not found
You could just make a new Twitter account, they're not actively hunting for banned people unless you're really doing something stupid.
Still, try to hide that it's you. Use a new browser for Twitter, wipe all cookies in other browers, and try to get a new IP address by reconnecting your modem.