On July 15, SingularityNet CEO Ben Goertzel reported that his personal X account had been compromised. The hacker posted unauthorized links to scam websites and referenced SingularityNET-related crypto tokens.
Goertzel quickly apologized to his followers, stating, “I’m deeply sorry to report that — as many of you have will have noticed from messages that appeared on the account over the last few days — my personal Twitter account was recently hacked”
This incident caught the attention of Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson, who reached out to X owner Elon Musk on the platform, suggesting implementing a Decentralized Identity (DID) feature to the social media platform to fight scams and hacks like this one.
Hoskinson has even offered to provide this service to X at no cost, framing it as a potential benefit of his claimed partnership with Musk.
Decentralized Identity (DID)
DID technology provide users with a secure digital wallet that only they can access, allowing for selective data sharing. Hoskinson believes that implementing DID on X could reduce the occurrence of scams and account hacks, which have been rampant recently.
While the use of DID is not yet popular, some companies have begun implementing similar technologies on their platforms
Goertzel speculated that the recent ASI merger involving SingularityNet, Ocean Protocol, and Fetch.ai may have made him a target. He clarified that his personal X account was not managed by SingularityNET, TrueAGI, or any other company he is associated with.
Moving forward, Goertzel plans to leverage SingularityNet’s IT team expertise to enhance security measures for his personal social media accounts.
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