ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has Twitter hacked on Anzac Day

Cryptocurrency trading and life advice were among a series of “unusual” Twitter posts from the ACT Chief Minister after his account was compromised on Anzac Day.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has revealed his Twitter acount was hacked on Anzac Day.

The ACT Chief Minister has apologised for a series of “unusual” tweets which flooded his Twitter account on Anzac Day spruiking cryptocurrency trading and life advice.

Andrew Barr’s Twitter account @ABarrLMA posted several tweets on Tuesday which encouraged day trading schemes, while posts honouring Australia’s war veterans were littered in between.

“I am setting up a new opportunity and challenge … Turn $20k into $1 million in 100 trading weeks,” one of the tweets read.

“Send a DM to join and get started with me on this journey. P.S. You don‘t need $20k to join the challenge you can use any amount you want … $3000, $4000, $5000 and more … Doesn‘t matter, let’s Work on this!”

The tweets continued promoting crypto trades and even a chart of trading, tweeting “charts are a reflection of human emotions”.

Either ACT chief minister Andrew Barr’s has a new side hustle, or his account seems to have been hijacked by some kind of stock trader

(don’t think he usually has “swing/day trading mentor” in his bio) pic.twitter.com/fpNfo3WJpm

— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) April 25, 2023

“Fear. Greed. Panic, Complacency. ALL SHOWN IN THE CHART ACTION. #stocks #investing,” the tweets continued.

Among it all, the hacked tweets offered sage life advice.

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time,” one stated.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr had his Twitter account hacked on April 25. Picture: Reddit

“Live fully. Laugh heartily. Love deeply. For this life is not a trial run,” another tweet said.

Even Mr Barr’s Twitter biography was affected, with “Swing/Day Trading Mentor” added to his description.

The Chief Minister took to Twitter on Tuesday evening to apologise for the “unusual Twitter activity in recent times”.

“As would have been pretty clear, my account was hacked,” Mr Barr said.

“Thank you for the Twitter team for restoring.”

A spokeswoman for Mr Barr said his team became aware his account was compromised and worked with Twitter Australia to lock the account, prevent further spam and regain account access and control.

“The matter was resolved by Tuesday afternoon,” the spokeswoman said.