Bad actors have recently invaded Sydney Sweeney’s X account to promote a Solana-based meme coin called Sweeney. On July 2nd, a group of developers launched a Solana-based meme coin called SWEENEY, which quickly gained attention and accumulated over $10 million in trading volume within just two hours. According to a post from the Satoshi Club, a series of posts from actress Sydney Sweeney’s X account significantly propelled the token’s rapid rise. Sweeney is well-known for her roles in “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus”.
One deleted post from the account read: “About to go live in space, stay tuned to see what $sweeney can do.” The account also posted several other posts promoting Sweeney as the official product of the actress. The hackers used Sweeney’s account to spread false information, including claiming that she is the “Sun Queen,” referring to the Solana blockchain. This incident also mentioned Sahil Arora, a controversial figure in the world of meme coin promotion.
This is not Sweeney’s first hack, nor the hackers’ first target. They previously targeted accounts of celebrities like 50 Cent and Hulk Hogan, attributing the attack on Sweeney’s account to them, indicating their plans to target a more prominent figure in the future. The message was posted on Twitter by @barkmeta on July 2, 2024.
Furthermore, this is not the first time Sweeney’s X account has been hacked. Earlier this year, her account was compromised, leading to the unintentional promotion of an unknown cryptocurrency. The hackers used a viral image of Sweeney smiling to promote an alternative Solana token called $MILK, which gained millions of views and thousands of likes after Sweeney appeared in a YouTube series called “Hot Ones”.
The incident involving Sweeney’s account is part of a broader trend of security vulnerabilities in the cryptocurrency space. Earlier this year, unsuspecting investors lost over $440,000 due to a security vulnerability in the X account of popular Bitcoin company MicroStrategy. In February, hackers released a link to a malicious website claiming that MicroStrategy had launched the $MSTR token on the Ethereum blockchain. They claimed that the token was backed by MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin reserves and users could claim it for free. The bad actors moved a portion of the loot to different addresses and held a balance of $200,000 at the time of the report.
