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.
The malicious actors asked the crypto community whether they should create a "legit token on Pump.fun” and call it "Hackeddotfun.” They "promised” to pump the memecoin to a market capitalization of $100 million, assuring it wouldn’t "be a bundle” and would be launched through the platform before deleting the posts.Pump.
On his Telegram channel, the internet sleuth suggested that the attacks are "likely not the fault of either the Pump.fun or Jupiter teams.” Instead, Zach suspects a threat actor is "social engineering employees at X with fraudulent documents/emails or a panel is being exploited.” Wu blockchain shared GMGN data revealing that only one Pump.fun memecoin had a market value above $1 million yesterday.
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