NBA and NASCAR official X accounts hacked to promote fake crypto
The official X accounts of the NBA and NASCAR were hacked. The attackers used the hijacked accounts to promote a fake cryptocurrency.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- NBA
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Hijacking of the NBA and NASCAR official X accounts
- Cause / method
- Official social media accounts hijacked and abused to promote a cryptocurrency scam
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It was reported that the official X accounts of the NBA and NASCAR had been hacked and used to promote a fake cryptocurrency.
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