David Bridges
50 Cent was hacked by folks shilling a memecoin, and the scheme apparently labored.
50 Cent stated on Saturday that his X/Twitter account and web site, ThisIs50, have been hacked and that the hacker promoted a cryptocurrency referred to as $GUNIT, you realize, like G-Unit, the rapper’s onetime group.
In keeping with 50 Cent himself, the hack was fairly profitable.
He wrote on Instagram: “My Twitter & Thisis 50.com was hacked I’ve no affiliation with this Crypto. Twitter labored rapidly to lock my account again down. Who ever did this made $3,000,000 in half-hour.”
Mashable Gentle Pace
There is not any strategy to confirm the figures offered by 50 Cent. Cryptocurrencies do present the chance for scammers to pump worth and make a fast buck.
That is, in spite of everything, not an unusual rip-off. Some hacker takes over a outstanding account and pumps the worth of some cryptocurrency through posts. It appeared to occur to Hulk Hogan this month. It is made all of the extra complicated as a result of some celebs, like rapper Iggy Azalea or Caitlyn Jenner have really launched unstable cash.
50 Cent has been energetic within the crypto area prior to now, reportedly proudly owning hundreds of thousands of {dollars} price of Bitcoin, so it might add up that folk would fall for the memecoin.
Watch out on the market on the web and do not go round shopping for each random cryptocurrency.
Daniel Mercer
