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Litecoin X account briefly hacked to promote a fake token

April 18, 2025 coiner

Litecoin’s (LTC) X social media account was briefly hacked on Jan. 11 by a scammer promoting a fraudulent Litecoin token on the Solana network. “LTC is now in Solana,” the hacker wrote in a now-deleted and grammatically incorrect post, which featured a contract address and a Pump.fun link to the scam token. In an update, the Litecoin team announced that it regained control of the account and said the hack was due to a compromised delegated account that has since been removed. There has been a string of account hacks…

Pro-XRP attorney’s phone hacked to promote LAW token

June 4, 2023 coiner

Pro-XRP lawyer, John Deaton, suffered a phone hack on June 4 amid a relentless cyberattack over several days. CryptoLaw, an account created by the attorney representing over 76,000 XRP (XRP) tokenholders in the Ripple vs. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit, responded to the hacker’s tweet from the attorney’s account. CryptoLaw clarified that the tweets were not from Deaton but from hackers, and immediate steps are being taken to remedy the situation. The hack occurred as Deaton celebrated his birthday, with wishes coming from all corners of the crypto…

The Sandbox CEO’s Twitter was hacked, used to promote alleged ‘airdrop’ scam

May 27, 2023 coiner

Arthur Madrid, co-founder and CEO of metaverse project The Sandbox, was the victim of a Twitter account hack on May 26, according to a post from Madrid that was apparently made after he recovered the account. The attacker allegedly used Madrid’s account to promote a fake “airdrop” phishing scam. In Madrid’s post, he warned Sandbox users that they should “never click on any link that promote Airdrop or URL and look SCAMMY – and not 100% using our proper and unique URL/domain name : http://sandbox.game.” My Twitter was hacked today.…

Activist Lawyer Accuses IMF and World Bank of ‘Economic Sabotage’ to Promote US Dollar, Urges Nigeria to Join BRICS – Africa Bitcoin News

May 10, 2023 coiner

Nigerian human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana, has accused the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) of sabotaging the currency swap arrangement between China and Nigeria. Falana said the Nigerian central bank and the two global financial institutions are helping to perpetuate “the dominance of the United States dollar in Nigeria.” Nigerian Federal Government Accused of Dollarizing the Economy The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are conniving with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to sabotage the country’s currency swap arrangements, Nigerian human rights…