Pokémon's official X account hacked to promote memecoin scam
Pokémon's official X account was hacked and used to promote a memecoin scam. Pokémon later issued a statement on the account hack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Pokémon
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Official X account abused to promote a memecoin scam
- Cause / method
- Hacking of the official X account
- Location
- Japan
Timeline
- It emerged that Pokémon's official X account was hacked and used to promote a memecoin.
- Pokémon issued a statement on the hack of the X account used to promote a memecoin.
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