It wouldn’t be wrong to say that wherever there is money, there is also fraud. Cryptocurrencies are no exception to this. The growth of cryptocurrencies and their market cap exceeding trillions of dollars has attracted attackers looking to benefit from this situation. While it is known that various accounts belonging to many projects have been attacked, whether their systems or social media accounts, one more such incident occurred just minutes ago.
Near Protocol’s X Account Hacked
About 2 hours ago, NEAR’s X account, which shared information about the protocol’s roadmap, started hosting a series of suspicious posts. First, a tweet containing a phone number was shared on NEAR’s X account, followed by an interesting message. The message included the following words:
EVERYTHING IN ORDER
I will not leave a “ca”, no contract address. Everyone who does this, like all of Web3, is a charlatan. Delete your X account, go out, and choose a normal life, you fools. Nothing good will come of this. Trust me.
While it was observed that the visual of the X account was also changed, it seems unknown for now how the attack succeeded. It might be beneficial for investors not to click on any links and redirects that may be shared.
What is NEAR’s Current Price?
After the incident, attention turned to NEAR’s price. Despite the events, it was observed that the altcoin‘s price was rising. In the last 24 hours, the altcoin’s price increased by 2%, finding buyers at around $3.85, while approximately 2 hours ago, the price had risen to $3.94.
Looking at the market cap, it was seen that NEAR entered the top 20 with $4.3 billion, surpassing projects like Uniswap, KASPA, and ICP, and started following LTC. On the other hand, the 24-hour trading volume increased by 10%, reaching $209.6 million.
