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title: "Litecoin X account briefly hacked to promote a fake token"
type: "News"
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description: "Litecoin's X account was hacked on Jan. 11, promoting a fake token on the Solana network. The hacker posted misleading information before the Litecoin team regained control. This incident is part of a growing trend of account hacks on X, with previous breaches affecting EigenLayer, Wiz Khalifa, and the Cardano Foundation, all promoting fraudulent tokens. These scams have resulted in significant trading volumes before being exposed, highlighting the increasing risks associated with social media account security in the crypto space."
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# Litecoin X account briefly hacked to promote a fake token

Litecoin's X social media account was briefly hacked on Jan. 11 by a scammer promoting a fraudulent Litecoin token on the Solana network.

"LTC is now in Solana," the hacker wrote in a now-deleted and grammatically incorrect post, which featured a contract address and a pump.fun link to the scam token.

In an update, the Litecoin team announced that it regained control of the account and said the hack was due to a compromised delegated account that has since been removed.

There has been a string of account hacks on X in recent months resulting in the promotion of fake tokens or phishing links designed to steal funds and sensitive data.

**X account hacks on the rise**

Restaking protocol EigenLayer's X account was hacked on Oct. 18 to promote a fake airdrop campaign.

The hacker posted several malicious links from the account promoting the "Season 2 Stakedrop" — which the scammer claimed was sourced from reallocated EIGEN tokens — before the EigenLayer team regained control of the account.

On Nov. 3, rapper Wiz Khalifa's account was compromised. The hacker used the account to advertise a fake celebrity memecoin called WIZ, claiming that the memecoin was associated with the musical artist.

The Cardano Foundation's X account suffered a similar breach on Dec. 8, when a hacker took control of the social media page to promote a fake token called “ADAsol.”

During the incident, the threat actor falsely claimed that the Cardano Foundation would cease supporting its native asset, ADA (ADA), due to a lawsuit from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The fake token generated approximately $500,000 in trading volume before the scam was exposed and the price of "ADAsol" plummeted by over 99%.

Yat Siu, co-founder of Web3 company Animoca Brands, was the victim of an X account hack on Dec. 26.

Like the other cases, the scammer used the account to advertise a fraudulent token — a fake memecoin on the Solana network called "Animoca Brands" that has no connection to the well-known Web3 company.

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