The official X (formerly Twitter) account of President John Dramani Mahama experienced a setback after being hijacked by hackers who used it to promote a meme coin.
The hackers, aiming to leverage the president’s massive following and influence, promoted a meme coin called Solana Africa.
The series of posts attempted to persuade unsuspecting individuals to purchase the product. However, officials quickly rectified the incident following concerns raised by netizens.
Additionally, the fraudulent posts promoting the meme coin have been deleted from the X account.
This incident has raised concerns among some Ghanaians regarding security breaches and how such an incident could occur on the president’s account, which they believe should be highly protected from such acts.
They argue that this incident could pose a threat to the nation’s security, calling for urgent actions to be taken to address how such a breach could have occurred.
Netizens further emphasised that those responsible must be held accountable.
Read some of the posts under the trending topic below:
No cause for alarm; it’s his personal account— not a national security problem at all ✋🏾🙂✋🏾 https://t.co/qYLxuIdzep
— Ölele | Building OSN (@OleleSalvador) March 17, 2025
This must be treated as a National Security issue. It shouldn't be brushed under the mat.
— YAW 👨🏾🚀🇬🇭 (@YawAntwiOwusu) March 17, 2025
It's like taking over a national broadcasting station in the 70s/80s.
There must be briefing and people must be held accountable. https://t.co/oBY31L97Gx
President John Dramani Mahama’s account was hacked in the early hours of Monday 17, 2025.
— WithAlvin 🇬🇭 (@withAlvin__) March 17, 2025
However with swift actions by the officials, everything was rectified. Prez Mahama has full access to his account number. Aban papa Aba. pic.twitter.com/7z3aVSoA9A
The office of President Mahama must take serious action on cybersecurity, as the President's personal account was hacked yesterday. 🫱🏾🫲🏾 pic.twitter.com/LD4eooOwwf
— EL-DAD (@ChristDeKing) March 17, 2025
President John Mahama’s page has been rectified. Swift action has been taken!
— KOJO DYNAMIC 𓃵 (@AnnanPerry) March 16, 2025
Security of the president’s account should not be handled by people without clearance and social engineering training
— De GodKing of Missíga (@De_GodKing) March 16, 2025
MAG/EK
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