Presidency Of Costa Rica (YouTube Account)
March 21, 2025
•[ account takeover, cryptocurrency scam ]
Costa Rica presidencys YouTube account was hijacked and posted crypto content.
Pump.fun X account
February 26, 2025
•[ account takeover, social engineering, cryptocurrency scam ]
The official X account of Pump.fun was hijacked on February 26, 2025, and used to promote a fake governance token named PUMP and other scam cryptocurrencies, misleading users and causing financial harm before the fraudulent posts were removed and access was restored.
McDonald’s Instagram page
August 21, 2024
•[ social media hack, cryptocurrency scam, rug pull ]
Scammers hack the official McDonalds Instagram page and make off with over $700,000 in Solana after using the fast food giants social media page to promote and rug a memecoin called Grimace.
CoinGecko’s X (formerly Twitter) account
January 10, 2024
•[ account takeover, cryptocurrency scam, phishing ]
Cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGeckos X (formerly Twitter) account is briefly compromised to promote a crypto scam.
X account of nonprofit consortium ‘The Green Grid'
January 3, 2024
•[ account hijacking, cryptocurrency scam, social media compromise ]
The X (formerly Twitter) account of nonprofit consortium The Green Grid' is hijacked to promote a cryptocurrency scam.
