“Can you stop? This is dangerous”: Elon Musk offered teen $5,000 to take his Twitter account offline

It was 13 minutes past midnight when Jack Sweeney’s smartphone (19) suddenly lit up last spring. Saw a private message on Twitter. Who is the richest man in the world: Elon Musk. “Can you stop it? This is dangerous.”

Musk talked about his Twitter account Tweet embed. This sends a tweet every time Elon Musk’s private jet takes off or leaves somewhere. Sweeney created the account, and did the same for the private jets of the likes of Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. The accounts are popular, Musk’s has 123,900 followers.

$5,000

His letter showed that Musk did not serve her. Sweeney did not reply until the next morning. “You can, but it will cost you a Tesla Model 3.” Musk didn’t want to hear that. “I don’t like the idea of ​​me going crazy one day,” he replied, offering $5,000 to delete the account that Sweeney says earns $20 a month. The student tried “Can you raise this to $50,000?” , but to no avail at the moment. And so, ElonJet kept tweeting.

Tell the student his story protocol He confirmed this by sending some screenshots. Likewise, what he sent last Wednesday has yet to be read by Musk. “What I want more than money is an internship.” Does he know why Mask hasn’t responded yet? “Looking at ElonJet, I think he’s on vacation in Hawaii,” the student said.