Krutika Adani
On May 2, scammers hijacked Tron DAO’s X account, soliciting $45K via fake promotional offers. Access has since been restored.
Tron believes a team member was targeted in a social engineering scheme. The hacker continued contacting users even after being logged out.
On May 5, a scammer posted fake CRV airdrop links from Curve’s X account. The team regained control with cybersecurity help.
Curve Finance said no system breach occurred; the X account was stealthily accessed and some users were blocked to suppress warnings.
With other incidents like Kaito AI and Pump.fun, crypto X account hacks are escalating—raising alarms about social media security.