The official Instagram account of cricketing legend and former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was hacked yesterday in order to promote a cryptocurrency scam.
An unauthorised post and Instagram story briefly advised Khan’s over seven million followers to visit a scam website that offered an Elon Musk-endorsed “crypto giveaway” of $100 million.
To make the scam appear more legitimate, the post was accompanied by a screenshot of a faked tweet claiming to come from Tesla boss Musk, and an endorsement message that pretended to come from Khan.
Control of Imran Khan’s account was later confirmed to have been recovered.
