Pump.fun's X account hacked to promote fraudulent tokens

Business•February 26, 2025, 11:45AM EST
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Pump.fun's X account hacked to promote fraudulent tokens

Quick Take

  • Pump.fun’s compromised X account promoted one false governance token and two other scam tokens about the hack itself, including “HACKED” and “hackeddotfun.” 
  • Compromised X accounts marketing illicit cryptocurrency projects appear to be on the rise this year. 
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The Solana memecoin launchpad Pump.fun saw its X account hacked Wednesday morning to promote numerous fraudulent tokens.  

The hacker initially touted a fake governance token along with a coin address to purportedly reward Pump.fun's "OG Degens." The bad actor then promoted fraudulent memecoins about the compromise itself with the tokens "hackeddotfun" and "HACKED," according to X posts. 

Pump.fun's X account hack is "directly connected onchain" to the X account compromises of Jupiter DAO earlier this month, which also promoted a fake memecoin, and DogWifCoin in November 2024, crypto sleuth ZachXBT stated on the messaging platform Telegram. 

Compromised X accounts marketing illicit cryptocurrency projects appear to be on the rise this year. On Jan. 22, the stock exchange Nasdaq saw its X account hacked to promote a fake memecoin, which rose to a market capitalization of $80 million before tumbling. And a hacker promoted a Barron Trump-focused fake memecoin after gaining illicit access to the X account of World Liberty Financial Co-Founder Zach Witkoff on Feb. 12, The Block previously reported.