Hackers hacked the account of President Ghana John Mahama in the social network X for promoting the cryptocurrency scheme of Solanaprica. Fraudsters tried to make it clear that the project was led by the leader of the state.

Attackers gained access to the Mahama account for 48 hours. They managed to publish a tweet with an announcement that Solanafrica would make free payments throughout Africa using the SOLANA blockchain. Fraudsters called on the president’s subscribers to invest in a crypto scheme, assuring that the project would improve financial transactions on the continent.

President Ghana has already restored access to his account. His spokeswoman Kwakye OFOSU called on residents of the country to ignore any suspicious messages from the presidential administration related to cryptocurrency.

Digital assets are becoming more and more popular in Africa, however, due to weak supervision of the crypto industry, the number of cases of fraud is growing. Hackers began to hacks the accounts of politicians and famous people in order to promote dubious investment schemes. In July 2023, the leader in the opposition leader Ghanie Julius Malema was also compromised – scammers promoted fraudulent tokens through him. In 2022, the account of the Nigerian businessman Tony Elumelu (Tony Elumelu) was hacked for the sake of fictitious distribution of cryptocurrency.

The expert in cybersecurity of the Cybernation and Databa Protection of Ghana Abubakar Issaka recommended high -ranking persons to strengthen security measures to prevent such violations. One double -factor identification is no longer enough, Issak is afraid. It is necessary to limit access to third -party applications and create a special team that would watch the accounts of politicians around the clock in order to neutralize any suspicious activity, if necessary, the expert suggested.

In February, hackers hacked the Nobel Prize for Economics Paul Krugman (Paul Krugman) to advertise the New York Times Coin (NYTC) fraud.