Robinhood chief executive's X account hijacked to promote fake token
Robinhood chief executive Vlad Tenev's X account was hijacked and used to promote a fake VLAD token. The post received more than 175,000 views in under 20 minutes. Robinhood confirmed the account compromise and the removal of the post.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Robinhood
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Chief executive's X account hijacked; fake token promotional post received more than 175,000 views
- Cause / method
- X account hijacking
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- Robinhood confirmed that its chief executive's X account had been compromised and that the post promoting a fake token had been removed.
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