If you’ve ever wondered what happens when the digital equivalent of Jeeves takes a day off and leaves Bertie Wooster in charge of cyber-security, look no further than the most recent goings-on at Tron DAO X. Picture this: a dastardly cad (with all the ethics of a mustachioed villain from a penny dreadful) waltzes in, pinches the Tron DAO X account, and proceeds to pass the digital collection plate—yielding, by last count, a neat $45,000. Not bad for a day’s mischief, what?
As the good eggs in Tron’s public relations squad told CryptoMoon, the excitement all began on May 2. The hacked DAO account was soon posting contract addresses and sliding into DMs to ply its wares—with all the subtlety of a second-rate magician at the Drones Club annual dinner. Payments were sought for promotional advertising, but unless your idea of “promotion” is sending money into the ether (possibly via a paper plane), best to keep your purse strings tight, old sport.
“Our crack security team leapt into action, spotted the bally rotter, and turfed him out,” they reported, no doubt polishing their monocles. “Still, keep your eyes peeled and your wallets closer. We don’t send money requests via DM, telegram, or carrier pigeon.” Sage advice, and with a certain je ne sais quoi that says, “We’ve seen a thing or two, don’t you know?”
The sum filched is said to be around $45K, care of a contract address the hacker left like a muddy footprint on the digital Persian rug. Whether this ne’er-do-well is the very same bounder responsible for the New York Post’s X account hack on May 3 is, as yet, up for debate—a coincidence? Or simply the mark of a scallywag with too much time and not enough conscience? Investigations continue, magnifying glasses at the ready.
Tron DAO suspects the whole shenanigan began when one of their own was led astray by a spot of “malicious social engineering”—or, as Aunt Agatha would call it, “falling for a jolly transparent ruse.” The wily hacker managed a few more DMs post-eviction, plying his wares into cyberspace like an unlicensed fishmonger.
Even after the burglar was booted and order restored, they carried on pestering innocent souls, offering posts from the main account for a consideration. A cheeky specimen, to be sure!
Tron’s backroom boffins and local constabulary are now embroiled in pursuit, while Justin Sun (of Tron fame and fortune) took a jab at OKX for allegedly not freezing the ill-gotten gains. OKX’s Star Xu, apparently not one for drama, denied the charge, and Sun’s accusatory post popped off the net faster than you can say, “digital faux pas.”
Curve Finance Hops Aboard the Hacked Train 🚂
Curve Finance, presumably not wanting to be left out of the excitement, also found its X account commandeered by a rapscallion. This upstart took to spreading a phoney airdrop opportunity, claiming recipients could join a weeklong CRV bonanza. As if free money on the internet ever ends well! Seasoned X users sniffed out the scam like a bloodhound at a ham convention.
Curve’s own Michael Egorov confirmed the unwanted party crasher in a reply to analyst CrediBULL Crypto. Panic not: aside from a few shameless scam links and the odd user getting blocked for insufferable vigilance, the rest of the account remained unmolested.
The digital detectives, with the aid of some chaps from SEAL cybersecurity, have since wrestled control back from the bounder. The culprit, showing all the subtlety of Spode at a removal sale, blocked vocal whistleblowers—including our ever-watchful CrediBULL Crypto.
The root of the hack is, at present, a mystery—much like the plot of any Jeeves story involving Aunt Dahlia’s silver cow-creamer. Curve assures everyone that there’s “no sign of client-side compromise.” Translation: don’t blame Jeeves for this one, Bertie!
The Social Media Rogues’ Gallery 📸
One can’t shake a stick on X these days without hitting the account of a public figure being repurposed for crypto hawking. On April 15, Lucy Powell, a member of the UK Parliament, had her account retooled to flog a thoroughly suspect coin, no doubt to the delight of precisely nobody who’s spent any time on the parliamentary benches.
Earlier, the folks at Kaito AI (and the redoubtable Yu Hu) found themselves accosted by swindlers on March 15, who preferred panic-fueled posts about compromised wallets over, say, polite small talk.
Meanwhile, Pump.fun’s X account, not to be outdone, fell on Feb. 26. The miscreants, evidently overflowing with initiative, promoted a variety of fake tokens, including a governance token with credentials as dubious as a three-pound note.
beware hackers, swindlers, and digital chancers. And if you see Jeeves, remind him never to go on holiday again. 🕵️♂️🚨💸
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