Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Instagram Account Briefly Hacked

Islamabad, The Instagram account of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was briefly hacked on Monday by crypto scammers who shared a post praising Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk for “giving away” three bitcoins, according to media reports. Pakistani leader Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Instagram account was quickly recovered with the help of Meta-Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, PTI social media manager Arslan Khalid told Dawn newspaper.

Khalid said he himself monitored Khan’s account where hackers shared a cryptocurrency link with his 7.4 million followers.

Khalid said the hackers also shared a screenshot of a tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

The billionaire is often impersonated by scammers to take advantage of his interest in cryptocurrencies.

The former prime minister’s Instagram account shared a post praising Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk for “donating” three bitcoins.

Khan’s Instagram profile also shared a story with a screenshot of Musk’s tweet about the $100,000 win.

The PTI president’s verified account thanked the Space X boss in the story published by the hackers.

The same story was also posted as an Instagram post which has now been deleted.

The alleged tweet from Musk’s account could not be found on his official account.

Khan is not the only PTI member whose account has been hacked this year, according to the 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 several hours.

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