The X account of the Ethereum Layer 2 Network Zksync and its developer matter lab was compromised early on May 13, with hackers claiming the network was tested by US authorities, among other scam messages.
An account related to Zkssync Na -Post On May 13, which confirmed accounts for ZKSYNC and object labs were compromised, warning users not to contact after sharing accounts with a fake airdrop on a bright phishing scam.
The that -hack zksync and object labs before Both Na -Post A fake statement claiming Zkync is being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and that the Treasury Department may impose penalties on the platform.
The head of communications with Labs Labs Lynnette Nolan confirmed to Cointelegraph that the post removed X which “is not legitimate” and both accounts are “completely back in control of the team.”
“Shout out to Zksync’s hackers. Instead of falling into a token and stealing some bucks they decided to scare the living shit out of the Onchain Degens,” Crypto startup G8KEEP co-founder Harrison Leggio, who goes through “Pop Punk,” Na -Post To X.
The fake statement seems to be aimed at crashing token prices with platform title, Zksync (Zk), which has fallen around 2% in the last time in the middle of the X account breach, According to In coingecko.
The SEC has been investigating crypto companies in the past, and many of these firms have been selected to publicly disclose when they are being investigated by the regulator.
Sec Many of its probes Under the Trump administration, along with crypto.com, irreversible, opensea, and robinhood crypto, among others, confirmed the agency ended the investigation.
ZK dropped 6.4% the previous day to trade around 7 cents, cooling from about 38.5% rally that enjoyed it last week.
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Matter Labs’ Nolan said the company is looking at how X accounts are damaged, and believes it is through “compromised accounts,” which allows users to limit access to an X account, allowing them to post on behalf of it.
Two hacks in many months
This is the second compromise of platforms controlled by Zksync since April.
On April 15, an attacker violated the ZKSYNC’s Airdrop contract account distribution and used a function in MINT 111 million unacceptable ZK tokens, worth approximately $ 5 million in time.
The hack occurred in the middle of the platform delivering 17.5% of the ZK supply to the participants of the ecosystem.
The attacks later Returned 90% of stolen tokensadmit to keeping 10% as a huge amount.
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