Scammers Target Crypto Influencers X Accounts to Promote Memecoin Related Info
Scammers have targeted popular crypto influencers on X (Twitter) with the acronym GCR, on late Sunday. His compromised X account carried a post predicting the price of the ORDI token, causing brief price surges.
The hacker apparently posted promotional content on ORDI and Luna 2.0 tokens, resulting in momentary price increases.
GCR later confirmed the hack, asking followers to ignore any promotional posts.
hacked
ignore everything coming from my channels
— GCR (@GiganticRebirth) May 26, 2024
Interestingly, he believes that someone was “bribed” at X.com to provide his log-in credentials, causing a security breach.
“Was notified 2 months ago by someone affiliated with Twitter that bribes were had been made to get access to my account, and beefed-up security then. He wrote. “But there can’t be any security if X employees take money for admin access.”
Appears someone was bribed at https://t.co/ZZQS3JW0K7
Was notified 2 months ago by someone affiliated with twitter that bribes were had been made to get access to my account, and beefed up security then
But there can't be any security if X employees take money for admin access…
— GCR (@GiganticRebirth) May 26, 2024
Following the hacker’s post, the price of ORDI climbed from around $40 to $44. However, the rally was short-lived and the price fell back. The token is trading at $40 at the time of writing. Additionally, Luna 2.0 soared 274% momentarily.
GCR’s heads-up on the hack has caught the eyes of several crypto observers who predicted the possible motive of the hack.
For instance, Bitcoin developer and an observer Udi Wertheimer has predicted that GRC’s X account hack could be a part of a wider scam targeting celebrities and crypto influencers.
“As more niche celebs are popping up by the
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