{"id":11726,"date":"2024-03-19T10:43:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T08:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ton-blockchains-x-account-hacked-to-promote-fake-airdrop\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T10:43:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T08:43:22","slug":"ton-blockchains-x-account-hacked-to-promote-fake-airdrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ton-blockchains-x-account-hacked-to-promote-fake-airdrop\/","title":{"rendered":"TON Blockchain&#8217;s X Account Hacked to Promote Fake Airdrop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the morning of March 19, unknown individuals hacked the X account of The Open Network (TON) blockchain and posted a fake announcement about an airdrop.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-eu.googleusercontent.com\/QNDXzFdyLwrdzOqBqReJaO5aavk9GEtVIbrY6GnUCtkhDN1zzF2S5TXVsBjrm19G697OjM4ieZCPcuO7zugwk-ucIhQ2kyq9ZkvF9wVR2LQ1M3tlBtJzn9iwlC-vTchO2DoIaAj_oaMAiCWelspCyC8\" alt=\"X-\u0430\u043a\u043a\u0430\u0443\u043d\u0442 \u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0447\u0435\u0439\u043d\u0430 TON \u0432\u0437\u043b\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0438\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0444\u0435\u0439\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0430\u0438\u0440\u0434\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0430\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Post by the perpetrators. Source: X.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The perpetrators announced the distribution of the coin among its active users.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, control over the account has been restored.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-text-wrappers-update-2 article_update\"><time class=\"gtb_text-wrappers_update_time\">March 20, 2024 | 14:54<\/time><span class=\"gtb_text-wrappers_update_head\">Update: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Later, TON developers reported that the incident was related to a Calendly integration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are aware of a security incident that impacted this account on X, which has now been resolved. Upon investigation, we identified that the cause was related to a Calendly integration. We&#8217;ve cancelled this integration and taken further steps to enhance the security of our\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TON ? (@ton_blockchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ton_blockchain\/status\/1770129726708818062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 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>\u201cWe have cancelled this integration and taken further steps to enhance the security of our systems,\u201d they wrote in a tweet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Project representatives also promised to compensate all affected users who sent funds to the phishing link.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier in March, the native token of the TON blockchain rose by 10% following news of a potential <span data-descr=\"initial public offering\" class=\"old_tooltip\">IPO<\/span> by Telegram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the morning of March 19, unknown individuals hacked the X account of The Open Network (TON) blockchain and posted a fake announcement about an airdrop. Post by the perpetrators. Source: X. The perpetrators announced the distribution of the coin among its active users. 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