{"id":14704,"date":"2024-06-26T13:28:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T10:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/metallicas-x-account-compromised-to-promote-fake-fan-token\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T13:28:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T10:28:09","slug":"metallicas-x-account-compromised-to-promote-fake-fan-token","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/metallicas-x-account-compromised-to-promote-fake-fan-token\/","title":{"rendered":"Metallica&#8217;s X Account Compromised to Promote Fake Fan Token"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official X account of the American metal band Metallica was reportedly hacked. The perpetrators used it to promote the METAL token on Solana.<\/p>\n<p>The Metallica team regained control of the account and removed all posts mentioning the coin.<\/p>\n<p>The initial post claimed that the token was launched in collaboration with Ticketmaster on the Pump.fun platform within the Solana ecosystem.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04a4d75b-38a8-49b0-b872-ed0edc2b4c35.webp\" alt=\"04a4d75b-38a8-49b0-b872-ed0edc2b4c35\" class=\"wp-image-235687\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot of the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Metallica\/status\/1805755732895449102\">post<\/a>. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/metallica-x-account-hack-promote-crypto-token\">Cointelegraph<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The scammers also claimed that the asset was supported by MoonPay. The fintech company&#8217;s president, Keith Grossman, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KeithGrossman\/status\/1805765158553219233\">denied<\/a> this assertion and urged users to be cautious. Metallica retweeted his post.<\/p>\n<p>MoonPay also issued a warning referencing the band&#8217;s third studio album and 1986 single titled <span data-descr=\"Master of Puppets\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Master of Puppets<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? MoonPay Safety Alert ? <\/p>\n<p>If someone is offering you a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24METAL&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$METAL<\/a> token, they are not the master of puppets \u2013 they\u2019re the master of scams! ?<\/p>\n<p>Keep your keys safe and ride the lightning responsibly!\u26a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y1j3RkfY0f\">https:\/\/t.co\/y1j3RkfY0f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MoonPay ? (@moonpay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moonpay\/status\/1805771261466890290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIf someone is offering you a METAL token, they are not the master of puppets \u2013 they\u2019re the master of scams!\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a series of messages aimed at attracting buyers, the perpetrators claimed that users could purchase exclusive merchandise with the asset, including \u201cfree concert tickets,\u201d and gain access to custom gaming consoles and controllers. Promises also included the possibility of additional income through token staking.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb4a23fe-7af5-4c21-845c-d48bd0dc4865.webp\" alt=\"bb4a23fe-7af5-4c21-845c-d48bd0dc4865\" class=\"wp-image-235686\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot of the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Metallica\/status\/1805761207707877817\">post<\/a>. Source: Cointelegraph.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dexscreener.com\/solana\/HqAwjJHKutX3YAyMP3yc1XvSgny1XD9NKKL6dPvw2Ft\">DEX Screener<\/a> platform, approximately 20 minutes after launch, METAL&#8217;s market capitalization reached $3.37 million with a peak price of $0.0034. At the time of writing, the quotes have significantly plummeted, and the total asset value is only $28,000.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dexscreener.com_METAL_SOL_2024-06-26_12-51-54-1024x483.png\" alt=\"dexscreener.com_METAL_SOL_2024-06-26_12-51-54\" class=\"wp-image-235685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dexscreener.com_METAL_SOL_2024-06-26_12-51-54-1024x483.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dexscreener.com_METAL_SOL_2024-06-26_12-51-54-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dexscreener.com_METAL_SOL_2024-06-26_12-51-54-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dexscreener.com_METAL_SOL_2024-06-26_12-51-54.png 1099w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: DEX Screener.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in May, hackers <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/celebrity-x-accounts-hacked-to-promote-scams\">targeted<\/a> X accounts of several influencers and celebrities to promote crypto scams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official X account of the American metal band Metallica was reportedly hacked. The perpetrators used it to promote the METAL token on Solana. The Metallica team regained control of the account and removed all posts mentioning the coin. The initial post claimed that the token was launched in collaboration with Ticketmaster on the Pump.fun [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1415,44,1246,40],"class_list":["post-14704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-celebrities","tag-cybercrime","tag-scammers","tag-twitter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"32","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}