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Rapper Wiz Khalifa’s X account was reportedly hacked by scammers launching a pump.fun-based meme coin WIZ. ZachXBT suspects it is the same hacker that hijacked Truth Terminal founder’s X account.
In a Telegram channel on Nov. 4, blockchain investigator ZachXBT shared a screenshot of a now-deleted post from American rapper Wiz Khalifa’s X account. The account currently has around 35.7 million followers.
ZachXBT warned traders against buying the pump.fun meme coin WIZ as he believes the rapper’s account was hacked by an unnamed scammer looking to sell sham meme coins.
“Do not buy the Wiz Khalifa pump fun [token] it’s the same hacker who compromised Andy Ayrey (Truth Terminal creator) the other day,” said ZachXBT in his public Telegram group.
In the deleted X post, the hacker wrote on Wiz Khalifa’s account that he has been “working with my team to drop $WIZ for all the crypto fam.” The account then proceeded to share a link to a pump.fun Solana(SOL)-based meme coin for followers to buy.
Based on data from DEX Screener, the WIZ meme coin price went up to almost 2,000% and its market cap reached a peak of more than $2.5 million in the first 15 minutes after the launch. However, within the next hour, the market capitalization of the memecoin fell below $28,000 as early holders began to unload huge sums of the token.
At the time of writing, WIZ fell by more than 90% in the past 24 hours. The pump.fun token is currently trading at a market cap of $7,900, according to data from DEX Screener.
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This article first appeared at crypto.news
