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 understand, like G-Unit, the rapper’s onetime group.
In accordance 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.”
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There is not any solution to confirm the figures supplied 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 distinguished account and pumps the worth of some cryptocurrency by way of 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 up to now, reportedly proudly owning hundreds of thousands of {dollars} value of Bitcoin, so it will add up that people would fall for the memecoin.
Watch out on the market on the web and do not go round shopping for each random cryptocurrency.
