Crypto scammers orchestrate massive hack on X but barely made $8K
The scammers breached countless X accounts to shill the memecoin, but they didn’t even make enough to buy a Toyota Corolla.
An unknown group of crypto scammers has seemingly missed their payday after hacking their way into several high-profile social media accounts on Sept. 18 — only to end up with a few thousand bucks.
On Sept. 18, blockchain sleuth “ZachXBT” alerted the crypto community that several “large accounts on X” were compromised, all posting a Solana memecoin called HACKED.
Some of the infiltrated accounts included Lenovo India, Yahoo News UK, MoneyControl, Oliver Stone, People, and Krystal DeFi.Â
The scammers breached countless X accounts to shill the memecoin, but they didn’t even make enough to buy a Toyota Corolla.
An unknown group of crypto scammers has seemingly missed their payday after hacking their way into several high-profile social media accounts on Sept. 18 — only to end up with a few thousand bucks.On Sept. 18, blockchain sleuth “ZachXBT” alerted the crypto community that several “large accounts on X” were compromised, all posting a Solana memecoin called HACKED.Some of the infiltrated accounts included Lenovo India, Yahoo News UK, MoneyControl, Oliver Stone, People, and Krystal DeFi. Read more Â