{"id":10721,"date":"2024-02-15T12:05:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T10:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/hackers-compromise-notcoins-x-account\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T12:05:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T10:05:40","slug":"hackers-compromise-notcoins-x-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/hackers-compromise-notcoins-x-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Compromise Notcoin&#8217;s X Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The team behind the gaming Web3 project Notcoin has reported a breach of their account on the social network X. Users have been urged to avoid clicking on any posted links.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Telegram-Contact-notcoin-Google-Chrome.webp\" alt=\"Telegram-Contact-notcoin-Google-Chrome\" class=\"wp-image-226122\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/notcoin\/236\">Notcoin Telegram channel<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Telegram application is marketed as a clicker game. Users collect non-existent NOT tokens by tapping on an animated coin image on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Within 26 days of its launch on January 1, 20 million people participated in Notcoin activities. For comparison, at its peak in January 2022, Axie Infinity had only 2.78 million active users per month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">20M people joined Notcoin in 26 days<\/p>\n<p>How is that f possible, Stepn had 700k MAU, Axie 2-3m MAU at their peak<\/p>\n<p>20% of TG Premium subscribers play Notcoin, like 1M people or so<\/p>\n<p>No limits, no rules, probably nothing but fun \u2014 that&#8217;s what Notcoin is, that&#8217;s why we&#8217;re all here <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PUwFfN3j3w\">pic.twitter.com\/PUwFfN3j3w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Notcoin \u00d8 (@thenotcoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thenotcoin\/status\/1751038649893015751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI would attribute this to the simple and viral mechanics that encourage users to invite their crypto friends from the Telegram messenger,\u201d commented the project&#8217;s founder, Sasha Plotvinov, to <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/notcoin-metalcore-beta-immutable-zkevm-heroes-mavia-web3-gamer\/\">Web3 Gamer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The team has never explicitly promised the launch of a real token. Notcoin&#8217;s slogan reads: \u201cProbably nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThere is no Notcoin token. It has no market value and is an in-game virtual asset within the Web3 ecosystem of Telegram, not functioning as a cryptocurrency,\u201d states an official declaration from the project, as quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/web3-gamer-notcoin-neopets-icp-trickshot-blitz\/\">Web3 Gamer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-text-wrappers-update article_update\"><span class=\"gtb_text-wrappers_update_head\">Update: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The team has regained control over the X page.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gm frens, we are back<\/p>\n<p>Be cautious with the twitter platform <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fwwkw9Ugbs\">pic.twitter.com\/fwwkw9Ugbs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Notcoin \u00d8 (@thenotcoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thenotcoin\/status\/1758050282154439008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\n<cite>\u201cFriends, we are back. Be cautious with the Twitter platform,\u201d the message reads.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Back in January, a hacker <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hacker-breaches-algorand-ceos-x-account-to-criticise-project\">breached the X account<\/a> of Algorand Foundation CEO Stacey Warden, not to post phishing links, but to criticize the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team behind the gaming Web3 project Notcoin has reported a breach of their account on the social network X. Users have been urged to avoid clicking on any posted links. Source: Notcoin Telegram channel. The Telegram application is marketed as a clicker game. 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