- Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary’s Twitter account hacked to disseminate a bogus giveaway scam.
- By clicking the tweet link investors could visit the official page for O’Leary’s giveaway.
- Later, the Shark Tank investor announced that Elon Musk helped restore his account.
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary’s aka Mr Wonderful Twitter account was hacked on Thursday and used to disseminate a scam about a bogus Bitcoin and Ethereum giveaway. The scammer used the account to spread a crypto giveaway scam, asking people to take part in the Shark Tank’s judge offer of 5,000 BTC and 15,000 ETH giveaway.
O’Leary Twitter account asserted that neither the giveaway was a scam nor its security had been compromised. Moreover, it also made the false claim that Mr. Wonderful declared last night on CNBC that he would actually give away some crypto in actuality.
By clicking the link in the first tweet, investors could access the official webpage for O’Leary’s BTC and ETH giveaway. Additional separate URLs for both BTC and ETH giveaways are also provided. Twitter removed the fake giveaway post few hours after they were posted.
A new updated Twitter post later revealed that Shark Tank’s O’Leary recovered his account all thanks to Elon musk. The investor addressed a user who asked about his account still being hacked. O’Leary replied back saying:
No, hackers eradicated like the cockroaches they were. Thankyou Elon Musk and the people at Twitter.
The Shark Tank investor was glad to get his account fixed three hours, and was impressed it was done in the middle of the holidays. O’Leary emphatically shared emotions stating that he thinks of his “Twitter followers as family, we don’t agree on anything but nobody f***s with my family!”.
On a number of social media platforms, including Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram, scams involving bitcoin giveaways are becoming highly common. As reported, hackers routinely use the accounts of famous people, politicians, celebrities, and companies to advertise their phony scams.
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