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The official BNB Chain account on X has reportedly been hacked by an unnamed party. The team is currently working on getting access back into the account as it keeps dropping airdrop posts. Summary BNB Chain’s official X account was hacked on Oct. 1, with attackers using it to promote a fake BNB airdrop website. Experts suggest the hack may have stemmed from a social engineering or third-party app issue, sparking criticism of X’s security. On Oct. 1, former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao alerted users of that the BNB Chain X account has been compromised. In the past few hours, the hacker has been posting links for users to participate in a large scale airdrop for BNB holders. According to CZ, the security team is currently working to get the hacked account suspended. “Security teams have notified X already, working to suspend the account first, then restore access. Also take-down requests to take down all phishing websites. Always check the domains very carefully, even from official X handles,” he wrote in his latest post. The Chinese language account for BNB (BNB) also informed users that the English X account has been hacked by an unidentified party. So far, the hacker has been using it to spread links to a fake website masquerading as Binance. “Currently, the English official Twitter account of @BNBCHAIN has been [hacked]. We are urgently working on a fix. Please do not click on any links!” wrote the Chinese language account in a translated post. ALERT 🚨: The @BNBCHAIN X account is compromised. The hacker posted a bunch of links to phishing websites that ask for Wallet Connect. Do NOT connect your wallet. Security teams have notified X already, working to suspend the account first, then restore access. Also take-down… https://t.co/QeEnCCbFZe — CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) October…

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