US tech giant Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has become the latest victim of a series of crypto-related hacks on social media as one of the company’s profiles tweeted a fake promotional Bitcoin (BTC) message on Tuesday. Google and Twitter are now investigating the issue, Google spokesperson told TNW on Wednesday.

The still-anonymous hackers took control of the account for around eleven minutes and published a message that G Suite, which is the Google cloud product for business clients, had started accepting Bitcoins. To mark the event, Google launched the most massive crypto giveaway worldwide with 10,000 BTC coins.

The fake post reads:

“Google is giving 10 000 Bitcoin (BTC) to all community…

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