Celebrity X accounts were hacked over the weekend, with hackers promoting cryptocurrencies like Luna2, ORDI and memecoins.
Over the weekend, hackers compromised the X accounts of a number of celebrities and industry influencers, using them to sell a variety of cryptocurrencies, including Luna2 and ORDI, as well as memecoins inspired by celebrities.
Gigantic-Cassocked-Rebirth, also known as GCR, is a pseudonymous cryptocurrency investor who is known for making money from contrarian trades. They have admitted to the hacking of their X account, positioning them as one of the most recent victims. A post about ORDI and Luna2.0 on the GCR X account on May 26 temporarily increased both tokens by 6% and 274%.
A number of people observed that the hacker could have utilized the account to promote a microcap coin, but instead they opted to post the two tokens, which resulted in limited gains.In a statement, crypto specialist Miles Deutscher stated that the GCR hacker “fumbled the bag hard.”Because ORDI has already amassed a market size of $856 million, it has a lower potential for growth compared to small-cap coins.
Concerns Rise Over Celebrity X Account Hacks
On the other hand, the community fears that the hack on GCR might be just a small element of a larger attack on celebrity X accounts. According to Udi Wertheimer, a Bitcoin developer and Ordinals analyst, “GCR already told us today that there is an operation going on to hack big Twitter accounts,” he disclosed.
The American rapper “Rich the Kid” (Dimitri Leslie Roger) posted a link on his X account, enabling his 2.3 million followers to buy the new token “RICH.” Solana introduced this token through the memecoin creator tool pump. fun.
According to the data provided by DEX Screener, it has achieved a market cap of $90,000 within the first two hours of its inception.Despite the removal of the post, there is still no confirmation about the compromise of Rich The Kid’s X account.
Around the same time, the X account of American media celebrity Caitlyn Jenner promoted a new memecoin known as “JENNER”. DEX Screener reports that since its establishment approximately eight hours ago, the market valuation of this memecoin has already reached $27.1 million. Pundits in the industry are arguing whether or not the short film that Jenner produced to promote the coin was a deepfake.
On the other hand, films that purport to be Kylie Jenner and Sophia Hutchins, who is her manager, have issued many statements verifying that the postings and videos are authentic. Additionally, Jenner’s Instagram accounts promoted the JENNER coin, and Hutchins later ran an X spot on Jenner’s account to confirm that there was no deepfake involvement.
According to the video of Jenner, who has 3.3 million X followers, she stated, “Yes, this cryptocurrency on my account is real.”The speaker said, “Get in a hurry, okay, get in right now if you want to be part of this.”Pump.fun also introduced the Jenner token to the market.
It is interesting to note that the cryptocurrency wallet that Jenner posted is identical to the wallet that Kazumi, an adult video maker, posted on May 20 after pushing the coin “ZUMI”. We also suspect Kazumi of hacking during this promotion. “The” Furthermore, one industry expert purportedly connected the RICH, DOLL, and SOULJA tokens to Jennifer.Hutchins stated that Jenner’s team was not aware of these connections during their questioning in the X spaces.