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Actress Sydney Sweeney’s X Account Hacked to Pump SOL-Based Memecoin Scam

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“Euphoria” star Sydney Sweeney has become the latest celebrity to fall victim to social media crypto scams. The prominent actress’ X account was hacked on Tuesday, to promote a Solana-based memecoin dubbed SWEENEY.

The series of Tweets, which were deleted later, carried posts of a newly created Pump.fun memecoin, apparently bearing her name. The scammers claimed that the token is an official launch from the Euphoria star.

“Well, I think it’s time,” the fake promotion read. “SWEENEY is now live 100mc incoming.”

The actress’ account also referred her as the “Queen of Sol,” making remarks about industry characters such as Sahil Arora, the controversial celebrity memecoin promoter.

Shockingly, this is the second time Sweeney’s X account was hacked this year. In January, perpetrators used her account to Tweet and promote a Solana-based sex-themed token.

Though some of the crypto users on Twitter were aware that the promotions were fake, SWEENEY token quickly accumulated more than $1 million in market cap following the hoax.

Within an hour, the actress took control of her X account and deleted all relevant Tweets. She hasn’t made any public statement on the hack still.

Sweeney’s Hackers Exposed?

Apparently, the hackers behind creating SWEENEY token openly admitted on Telegram channel that they hacked her account.

They also claimed to be behind the hack of rapper 50 Cent and ex-wrestler Hulk Hogan’s account to promote similar fake tokens.

The @sydney_sweeney hackers just posted this message in the telegram pic.twitter.com/ChYZfNOKTa

— Bark (@barkmeta) July 2, 2024

Further, the perpetrators added that they would soon target another “popular” celebrity in the coming days, however, didn’t specify details. They also said that clever crypto traders could get the token with a presale, if only they send at least 5 SOL ($740 at press time) to an anonymous Solana wallet.

At a time when celebrity memecoins are on the rise, several of them have become more prone to scams. For instance, the famous American rapper Dimitri Leslie Roger, aka Rich The Kid, was seen posting a link to purchase his new token called ‘RICH.’

The posts were deleted later and the rapper did not confirm the legitimacy of the coin, nor denied it.