ZKsync X accounts hacked to promote fake SEC warnings and malicious airdrop
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Hackers took over the official X accounts of ZKsync and developer Matter Labs to spread fake SEC warnings and promote a phishing airdrop. According to the latest update posted on May 13 from the main ZKsync account, the team said both accounts are “fully back in the control of the team.” Update from the official ZKsync account at press time | Source: ZKsync on X Notably, the breach likely occurred through compromised delegated accounts, which have since been disconnected. ZKsync noted that all malicious tweets have been deleted, and an internal investigation is underway. The ZKsync and Matter Labs X accounts are fully back in the control of the team. We’re looking into how the accounts were hacked, and believe it was through compromised delegated accounts. All delegated accounts and connected apps have been disconnected, and we’ve deleted any… — Matter Labs (∎, ∆) (@the_matter_labs) May 13, 2025 However, a follow-up post from a ZKsync-affiliated developer account later warned that the accounts were still compromised, urging users not to interact. This has raised fresh concerns about whether full recovery was actually achieved at the time of the initial statement. The latest update from a Zksync-affiliated account | Source: ZKsync Developers The attackers initially used the hacked accounts to stir panic. In one now-deleted post, they falsely claimed ZKsync was under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and warned of possible sanctions from the Treasury Department. Market commentators like g8keep co-founder Harrison Leggio suggested the move was a deliberate attempt to crash ZKsync’s token price. “Instead of dropping a token and stealing a few bucks they decided to scare the living shit out of onchain degens,” he wrote in an X post following the attack. Shortly after, the hackers published a second post promoting a fake ZK token airdrop,…
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