The president of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, has confirmed that his social media page was indeed hacked and used to promote a memecoin scam. He has now regained control of the page and ordered investigations into the hack.
The details
- According to a spokesperson for Mahama, Kwakye Ofosu, the hack occurred last Saturday, but the president’s team did not notice until the following day.
- However, Ofosu confirmed that the page has now been retrieved from the fraudsters and control restored to Mahama’s management team.
- He added that Ghanaians should disregard all tweets relating to cryptocurrencies made from the page in the last few days as they did not originate from the Ghanaian president.
- In a tweet yesterday, Mahama confirmed the hack and retrieval of his social media page.
Key quote
- Presidential spokesperson Kwakye Ofosu told AFP:
“The President’s X account was compromised, and we have taken action to regain control. The account has now been fully restored, and we urge the public to disregard any suspicious cryptocurrency-related posts from the handle.”
Before now
- Two days ago, Mariblock reported that John Mahama made a now-deleted suspicious posts endorsing blockchain platform Solana as a vital tool to drive financial inclusion in Africa.
- He also appeared to promote a memecoin, Solanafrica in a manner consistent with hacking schemes, which are becoming more commonplace.
