Hackers are targeting susceptible people even as the cryptocurrency market shows signs of optimism amid the ETF boom. Hackers recently broke into VeChain's X (formerly Twitter) account and uploaded a fake giveaway message.
According to recent VeChain developments, hackers gained access to the altcoin's X identifier and released an important statement.
Scammers tricked investors and VET supporters by promising a double profit margin on VET coins, pretending to be a fake airdrop with players able to get between 200,000 and 10 million by transferring 100,000 and 5 million tokens to a certain wallet.
The airdrop tweet reads: "To participate, you only need to send between 1,000,000 VET and 5,000,000 VET to the official contribution address, and you will receive between 200,000 VET and 10,000,000 VET to the address you sent the contribution form to. tokens".
Members of the Investors Vigilant community who first saw the incident were quick to alert others on the social media platform, which in turn caused volatility in the market. . No one knows how many players have been harmed so far.
We advise readers to stay informed about the latest developments and security concerns in the market, and not to send cryptocurrencies to bids that offer returns that are too good to be true.
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