Scammers Exploit Delhi Capitals’ X Account to Promote Fraudulent HACKER Token
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The X account of Delhi Capitals, a popular franchise cricket team in the Indian Premier League (IPL), was hacked on September 10 with attackers using it to promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency token called “HACKER”.
The perpetrators leveraged the account’s large following of 2.6 million to advertise the token, which is based on the Solana blockchain, in an attempt to artificially inflate its price.
The hackers posted multiple messages from the compromised account, encouraging followers to buy the HACKER token by sharing its contract address.
The attackers openly stated their goal to profit from the token manipulation, even suggesting that they would target other high-profile accounts in the future.
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