Аккаунт британского законодателя на X был взломан для продвижения мошеннического токена «House of Commons Coin»

cryptonews.ruPublished on 2024-11-16Last updated on 2025-04-16

Аккаунт члена парламента Британии и лидера Палаты общин Люси Пауэлл на X был взломан для продвижения мошеннического криптотокена.

В серии ныне удаленных сообщений от 15 апреля аккаунт X Пауэлла делился ссылками на токен под названием House of Commons Coin (HOC), описывая его как «цифровую валюту, управляемую сообществом».

Источник: Дэниел Грин

Сотрудник Пауэлла подтвердил BBC, что аккаунт был взломан и что «были быстро приняты меры для защиты аккаунта и удаления вводящих в заблуждение сообщений».

DEX Screener показывает, что токен HOC вызвал ограниченный интерес со стороны потенциальных инвесторов, достигнув пиковой рыночной капитализации чуть более 24 000 долларов вскоре после сообщений с аккаунта Пауэлла.

Токен продемонстрировал в общей сложности 736 транзакций и объем торгов всего 71 000 долларов.

Хотя Пауэлл ранее не продвигал криптовалюту, нередки случаи, когда политические деятели поддерживают настоящие криптотокены.

Президент США Дональд Трамп и первая леди Мелания Трамп запустили и продвигали мемкоины за несколько дней до того, как вошли в Белый дом, что вызвало критику со стороны политических соперников президента и даже некоторых сторонников.

Президент Аргентины Хавьер Мелей также продвигал токен под названием LIBRA, который быстро упал в цене и вызвал политический скандал в Аргентине, а также требует расследования причастности Мелея к этому токену.

Взлом аккаунта Пауэлла последовал за аналогичной атакой на президента Ганы

В марте аккаунт X президента Ганы Джона Махамы подвергся аналогичному взлому, когда злоумышленники захватили его аккаунт на 48 часов, чтобы продвигать мошенническую криптовалюту под названием Solanafrica.

Аккаунт X президента Ганы был взломан в марте 2025 года. Источник: CrediRates

Мошенники делали похожие посты с рекламой криптовалюты для 2,4 миллионов подписчиков Махамы, утверждая, что мошеннический проект «проводит быстрые и бесплатные платежи по всему континенту при поддержке блокчейна Solana и Банка Ганы».

Команда президента восстановила контроль над аккаунтом X Махамы два дня спустя. Его пресс-секретарь Квакье Офосу сообщил AFP, что аккаунт «теперь полностью восстановлен, и мы призываем общественность игнорировать любые подозрительные посты, связанные с криптовалютой, от этого пользователя».

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