Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter account, which is also the defacto main way of communication for the automaker, got hacked today as part of a massive crypto scam.
For years now, Musk’s popular Twitter account with more than 30 million followers has been a target of cryptocurrency scammers trying to make money off of his followers by creating accounts that looks like his and responding to fans.
Today, it went a massive step further as Musk’s Twitter account appears to have been hacked as part of a massive global cryptocurrency scam that took over many accounts related to crypto.
The CEO’s account tweeted the following message to his followers:
Of course, the scam here is that it encourages people to send Bitcoins to the account and the people behind the address have no intention of sending anything back as the tweet claims.
A tracking of the blockchain shows that within minutes, several people sent thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoins to the account.
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