India, March 16 -- Sara Hooker, the co-founder and CEO of US-based firm Adaption Labs, revealed that her startup's official X account has been hacked. Hooker posted about the hack from her personal X account this afternoon, claiming that the Elon Musk-owned social media platform had failed to assist her in any way.

The computer scientist and entrepreneur said that she tried to bargain with the hackers, offering them $500 for the return of the account. The hackers rejected this and made a counter-offer of $3,000, which Hooker refused.

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She shared a screenshot of the offer online. The screenshot shows that Hooker, the San Franc...