McDonald's Instagram account hacked to promote crypto scam
McDonald's Instagram account was hacked and used to promote Grimace coin. The attackers claimed to have stolen $700,000 through the crypto scam. McDonald's blocked the attack and deleted the posts and the altered profile bio.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- McDonald's
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Attackers claim to have stolen $700,000
- Cause / method
- Instagram account takeover used to promote a crypto scam
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- McDonald's Instagram account was hacked and used to promote Grimace coin; McDonald's blocked the attack and deleted the posts and the altered profile bio.
- It was reported that the crypto scammers who hacked the account claimed to have stolen $700,000.
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