Article 67776 ‘Hack’ of UK cabinet minister’s Twitter account changes profile picture to Elon Musk

‘Hack’ of UK cabinet minister’s Twitter account changes profile picture to Elon Musk

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Jessica Murray
from Technology | The Guardian on (#67776)

Education secretary Gillian Keegan's account was completely altered, with profile picture showing Elon Musk

The Twitter account of the British education secretary appears to have been hacked. The profile picture was changed to one showing Elon Musk and several tweets were posted promoting a cryptocurrency event.

On Christmas Day the account of Gillian Keegan, the MP for Chichester, replied to a number of tweets with links to a website advertising cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and dogecoin.

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