Microsoft’s X account hacked in crypto pump-and-dump scheme
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The official Microsoft account on X, which has more than 13 million followers, was hijacked on Thursday by unknown attackers. The takeover appears to have been carried out as part of a crypto pump-and-dump scheme, with the compromised account being used to promote a crypto token.
The incident adds to a growing pattern of high-profile social media account takeovers being leveraged for financial fraud, where attackers briefly seize control of trusted accounts to lend false credibility to fraudulent crypto promotions before dumping the asset.
Details on how the account was compromised have not been disclosed, and no specific vulnerability identifiers were provided in the reporting.
- The Microsoft X account, followed by over 13 million users, was compromised on Thursday
- Attackers used the hijacked account to promote a crypto token
- The scheme is described as a pump-and-dump operation
- The attackers remain unidentified
Account owners and administrators of high-visibility social media profiles should review their security posture, including multi-factor authentication and access controls, given the recurring targeting of large accounts for crypto fraud.
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