Crypto Scam: After Rapper 50 Cent, Heavy Metal Band Metallica's Social Media Hacked To Promote Solana-Based Memecoin
Crypto Scam: After Rapper 50 Cent, Heavy Metal Band Metallica's Social Media Hacked To Promote Solana-Based Memecoin
METALLICA'S X ACCOUNT HACKED! The official X account of the world-famous heavy metal band, Metallica, was exploited to promote a Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)-based memecoin.
世界著名重金属乐队Metallica的官方X账户被利用推广基于Solana区块链的memecoin。
What Happened: Widely-followed cryptocurrency influencer Ricards posted late Tuesday night about the scam, sharing a now-deleted post that showed hackers falsely advertising a token called METAL, in collaboration with ticketing giant Ticketmaster and cryptocurrency payments platform MoonPay.
事件经过：知名加密货币影响者Ricards在周二晚些时候发布了有关此次欺诈的帖子，分享了一个现已被删除的帖子，显示黑客们虚假地宣传一种名为METAL的代币，与售票巨头Ticketmaster和加密货币支付平台MoonPay合作。
METAL's market cap spiked to $3.37 million within minutes of the post, only to crash to $30,000 at the time of writing, according to price tracking platform Dexscreener.
根据价格跟踪平台Dexscreener的数据，在发帖几分钟内，METAL的市值飙升到了337万美元，但撰写本文时已经跌至3万美元。
METALLICA'S X ACCOUNT HACKED!
— Ricards (@Ricardswo) June 26, 2024
Metallica's X account got hijacked, promoting a sketchy Solana token called METAL. Despite the claim it was backed by Ticketmaster and MoonPay, both companies denied involvement. The hack caused METAL's market cap to spike to $3.37M, only to... pic.twitter.com/7oizahL3ch
METALLICA的X账户被黑客攻击了！
——Ricards（@Ricardswo）2024年6月26日
Metallica的X账户被劫持，推广一种名为METAL的可疑Solana代币。尽管声称由Ticketmaster和MoonPay支持，但两家公司均否认参与。此次黑客攻击造成METAL的市值飙升至337万美元，随后... pic.twitter.com/7oizahL3ch
Metallica's team has regained control over the account and deleted all posts associated with the token. Neither Ticketmaster nor MoonPay have confirmed any involvement with the dubious token.
Metallica的团队已经重新获得了对账户的控制，并删除了与此代币相关的所有帖子。Ticketmaster和MoonPay都没有确认与这种可疑代币有任何关系。
Why It Matters: This incident is not the first of its kind. Just a few days ago, rapper 50 Cent's X account was reportedly compromised, leading to a multimillion-dollar memecoin scam. The scam involved a new token, GUNIT, which was used to attract investors and inflate its price, only to see its value plummet shortly thereafter.
为什么它重要：这起事件并非首次发生。就在几天前，说唱歌手50 Cent的X账户据报道已经被攻克，导致了一起价值数百万美元的memecoin欺诈。这起欺诈事件涉及一种新的代币GUNIT，用来吸引投资者并推高其价格，但其价值很快就下跌了。
Prior to that, Solana-based memecoin promoted by Hulk Hogan reportedly suffered a $15 million loss in market cap within minutes of Hogan deleting hacked social posts promoting the cryptocurrency.
在此之前，由Hulk Hogan推广的基于Solana的memecoin据报道在Hogan删除被黑客攻击的社交帖子宣传加密货币的几分钟内损失了1500万美元的市值。
These incidents highlight the growing trend of cybercriminals exploiting celebrity social media accounts to promote memecoins and execute pump-and-dump schemes, causing significant financial losses for unsuspecting investors. A report in January by Blockchain security firm Blockfence uncovered an intricate scam method that has defrauded over 42,000 victims of more than $32 million since April 2023.
这些事件凸显了网络罪犯利用名人社交媒体账户推广memecoin和执行炒作骗局的趋势，为毫不知情的投资者带来重大财务损失。2023年，区块链安全公司Blockfence的一份报告发现了一种复杂的骗局方法，该骗局方法自2023年4月以来已经诈骗了超过42000名受害者，共计3200万美元。
The U.S. witnessed a staggering 53% increase in losses from Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) and other crypto investment scams in 2023, reaching a total of $3.94 billion
美国在2023年见证了比特币（CRYPTO: BTC）、狗狗币（CRYPTO: DOGE）、Shiba Inu（CRYPTO: SHIB）和其他加密货币投资骗局的损失激增53％，总额达到39.4亿美元。
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