News list for " American actress"

ZachXBT: British hacker Bhangu or the person behind the "Sweeney's X account was hacked to promote SWEENEY tokens" incident

On July 31st, according to Cointelegraph, after American actress Sydney Sweeney suffered a cryptocurrency hack, independent on-chain detective ZachXBT revealed more details and linked the incident to convicted British hacker Gurvinder Bhangu. On July 2nd, Sweeney's X account was hacked, and the hackers pulled up shipments by promoting Solana token SWEENEY. ZachXBT's investigation revealed that Bhangu was one of the masterminds behind the attack. In addition, on July 8, Breaking Bad and...

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2024-07-31 11:00:04
ZachXBT: Sydney Sweeney's X account hacked in connection with Gurvinder Bhangu

A few weeks after American actress Sydney Sweeney suffered a major cryptocurrency-related hack on X, on-chain detective ZachXBT posted on X his investigation into the recent hack of Sydney Sweeney's X account and the alleged connection of convicted hacker Gurvinder Bhangu to the incident. On July 2, the actress's X account was hacked, and the attackers promoted Solana-based token SWEENEY by driving up the share price. According to ZachXBT's findings, Gurv is the latest in the...

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2024-07-30 22:26:21
Sydney Sweeney's X account has been hacked to promote the cryptocurrency that bears her name

The X account of American actress Sydney Sweeney was hacked with posts promoting the cryptocurrency named after her, which has since been deleted. The Solana-based token SWEENEY amassed more than $10 million in trading volume within two hours of its launch on July 2, thanks to multiple promotional posts from Sweeney's X account. The price of SWEENEY fell nearly 90% in just over an hour starting at 6:15pm UTC, but has since rebounded.

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2024-07-03 10:24:47