Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan’s Instagram account briefly hacked

The Instagram account of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was briefly hacked on Monday by crypto scammers who shared a put up lauding Tesla Motors Founder Elon Musk for “donating” three bitcoins, in keeping with media reviews.

The Instagram account of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief was recovered quickly with the assistance of Meta — Facebook and Instagram’s mother or father firm, PTI social media head Arslan Khalid informed the Dawn newspaper.

Khalid stated he himself monitored Khan’s account the place the hackers shared a cryptocurrency hyperlink together with his 7.4 million followers.

Khalid stated the hackers additionally shared a screenshot of a tweet from Tesla chief govt Elon Musk. The billionaire is commonly impersonated by scammers to money in on his curiosity in cryptocurrencies. The former premier’s Instagram account shared a put up lauding Tesla Motors Founder Elon Musk for “donating” three bitcoins.

Khan’s Instagram profile additionally shared a narrative with a screenshot of Musk’s tweet about successful USD 100,000.

The PTI chairman’s verified account thanked the Space X boss within the story posted by the hackers. The similar story was additionally posted as an Instagram put up which has now been deleted.

The alleged tweet from Musk’s account couldn’t be discovered on his official deal with.

Khan is just not the one PTI member whose account was hacked this 12 months, in keeping with Pakistan Observer newspaper. Last week, the Twitter account of PTI Secretary General and former Federal Planning Minister, Asad Umar, was hacked. The account was recovered after a number of hours.