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
The official X account of the world-famous heavy metal band, Metallica, was exploited to promote a Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)-based memecoin.
世界著名重金屬樂隊Metallica的官方X帳户被利用推廣基於Solana區塊鏈的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.
事件經過：知名加密貨幣影響者Ricards在週二晚些時候發佈了有關此次欺詐的帖子，分享了一個現已被刪除的帖子，顯示黑客們虛假地宣傳一種名爲METAL的代幣，與售票巨頭Ticketmaster和加密貨幣支付平台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.
根據價格跟蹤平台Dexscreener的數據，在發帖幾分鐘內，METAL的市值飆升到了337萬美元，但撰寫本文時已經跌至3萬美元。
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帳户被黑客攻擊了！
——Ricards（@Ricardswo）2024年6月26日
Metallica的X帳户被劫持，推廣一種名爲METAL的可疑Solana代幣。儘管聲稱由Ticketmaster和MoonPay支持，但兩家公司均否認參與。此次黑客攻擊造成METAL的市值飆升至337萬美元，隨後... 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的團隊已經重新獲得了對帳户的控制，並刪除了與此代幣相關的所有帖子。Ticketmaster和MoonPay都沒有確認與這種可疑代幣有任何關係。
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.
爲什麼它重要：這起事件並非首次發生。就在幾天前，說唱歌手50 Cent的X帳户據報道已經被攻克，導致了一起價值數百萬美元的memecoin欺詐。這起欺詐事件涉及一種新的代幣GUNIT，用來吸引投資者並推高其價格，但其價值很快就下跌了。
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推廣的基於Solana的memecoin據報道在Hogan刪除被黑客攻擊的社交帖子宣傳加密貨幣的幾分鐘內損失了1500萬美元的市值。
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.
這些事件凸顯了網絡罪犯利用名人社交媒體帳户推廣memecoin和執行炒作騙局的趨勢，爲毫不知情的投資者帶來重大財務損失。2023年，區塊鏈安全公司Blockfence的一份報告發現了一種複雜的騙局方法，該騙局方法自2023年4月以來已經詐騙了超過42000名受害者，共計3200萬美元。
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
美國在2023年見證了比特幣（CRYPTO: BTC）、狗狗幣（CRYPTO: DOGE）、Shiba Inu（CRYPTO: SHIB）和其他加密貨幣投資騙局的損失激增53％，總額達到39.4億美元。
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