Ghana’s president John Mahama confirms social media hack

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.