The account of a Hollywood actress in X was hacked to promote a meme coin

The account belonging to Hollywood actress Sidney Sweeney in X was hacked to promote a meme coin as part of the Pump & Dump scheme.

Did someone hack @sydney_sweeney? Post deleted. A couple of coins launched on SOL recently pic.twitter.com/E2CKndsQFg

— Ioachim Viju ⚛️ BlockHunters (@IoachimViju) July 2, 2024

Thanks to several messages from the celebrity's account, the turnover of the SWEENEY token associated with her based on Solana exceeded $10 million in two hours after the launch on July 2.

A little over an hour after the start of trading, the price of the asset collapsed by almost 90% before further stabilization.

At the time of writing, SWEENEY's capitalization is $535,000. At its peak, the figure reached $3.88 million, according to DEX Screener.

Data: DEX Screener.

The administrator of the Telegram channel associated with the token made it clear that he was responsible for the hacking.

Data: Telegram.

According to Cointelegraph, in already deleted messages, the attacker claimed his involvement in the recent hacking of the accounts of X rapper 50 Cent and former wrestler Hulk Hogan to promote fake tokens. 

He promised to carry out a similar attack on the account of a more "famous" celebrity than Sweeney, but did not provide details.

Earlier, ForkLog reported the hacking of the X account of the American metal band Metallica for the promotion of the METAL token on Solana.

Recall that in May, hackers attacked the X-profiles of a number of influencers and celebrities to promote cryptoscams.