Hackers broke into the page of British actor Tom Holland on the social network X and posted a phishing link aimed at members of the crypto community. This is reported by U.Today.
Data: U.Today.The attackers used the account of the performer of the role of Spider-Man in the Marvel cinematic universe to report on the "fake" launch of the Spiderverse project by the artist in collaboration with Binance.
The post contained a link to a phishing site offering early access to SPIDER and NFT tokens.
At the time of writing, the message has already been deleted.
It is noteworthy that the last activity on Holland's X-page with 7.1 million subscribers was dated June 2023.
In 2022, the actor announced that he had deleted the applications of some social networks from his smartphone in order to "take a break to preserve mental health." On Instagram, where the actor who played Peter Parker has almost 66 million followers, the most recent post was published in February 2024.
In March, the accounts on the X platform of a number of influential people in the crypto industry became victims of hackers. They placed ads for the fraudulent PACKY token.
Recall that in the same month, attackers hacked the X-page of the manufacturer of hardware crypto wallets Trezor to promote the scam.