The Solana-based memecoin Launchpad Pump.fun’s X account has been hacked and used to promote fake cryptocurrencies, including an “official” PUMP governance token. On-chain investigators suspect the hack is linked to other X account compromises. Related Reading: Red Monday, Green Week? Bitcoin Needs To Reclaim This Level For Trend Continuation – Analyst Pump.Fun Hackers Launch PUMP Memecoin On Wednesday, Pump.fun’s official X account was compromised, with hackers promoting different tokens during the incident. The account started to post different contract addresses (CA) for various memecoins before deleting them. The hackers initially shared the contact address of PUMP, the “official Pump.fun governance token,” stating that “democracy has never been this degen” and that they would be rewarding their “OG DEGENS.” The crypto community quickly identified the memecoin as a scam and alerted other users of the potential account compromise. Blockchain data firm Bubblemaps warned users of the fake memecoin, explaining that PUMP was “heavily bundled and will dump,” as 60% of the token’s supply was held in two clusters. Meanwhile, Pump.fun’s founder, Alon Cohen, confirm ..
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