Martin Shkreli who is the
pharmaceutical executive is facing US charges of securities fraud, lost
control of his Twitter account to hackers on Sunday. However after
several hours of battle, he got his Twitter account back. He pleaded his
innocence.
Craig Stevens who is the
official spokesman for Turing Pharmaceuticals said, "It was clearly
hacked. We have been working with Twitter to get it fixed. Earlier
Shkreli gained notoriety this year when Turing hiked the price of an
anti-infective drug often taken by people with AIDS.
He
was arrested on account of fraud charges and he was immediately
released on bail. And on weekend, he was consistently tweeting that the
allegations against him were false and rumour. Now it was also checked
by his team whether his YouTube live stream is also hacked.
One
of the tweet from hacked member reads as, "Anyone want free money?
Willing to donate hundreds of thousands to charities before I go to
prison ..." And the next tweet said, "I am now a God.." A spokesperson
from Twitter Inc., said the company can not comment on individual
accounts for privacy and security reasons.