Tellor’s X Account Hacked, Posts Faux TRB Airdrop Hyperlinks

• Tellor’s official X account is reportedly hacked, and attackers posted phishing hyperlinks for a faux token airdrop.
•  The account was compromised and used to share malicious hyperlinks.
• Hackers printed two posts promoting a non-existent airdrop for Tellor’s native TRB.

The official X (previously Twitter) account of crypto oracle Tellor was hacked on Friday, in accordance with reviews from PeckShield. This got here as attackers reportedly posted phishing hyperlinks for a faux token airdrop. Based on PeckShield’s alerts, the “WeAreTellor” account was compromised and used to share malicious hyperlinks.

The hackers printed two posts on X, promoting a non-existent airdrop for Tellor’s native TRB token. The posts urged customers to say free TRB tokens by way of a phishing hyperlink.

The primary submit learn, “The $TRB airdrop is dwell on an EVM chain close to you…” It then directed customers to a fraudulent tellor[.]co website mimicking the actual Tellor URL.

A follow-up submit doubled down, falsely claiming that “$75,000 claimed on our TRB airdrop” to this point. It allegedly continued pushing the phishing hyperlink to steal funds.

Based on CoinMarketCap knowledge, the TRB token fell 3.75% from its 24-hour excessive following the X account takeover. The token was buying and selling round $106 at press time, down from roughly $115 earlier.

The posts haven’t been deleted but, and the account stays compromised on the time of writing. Whereas Tellor works to revive the account, customers are suggested to keep away from interacting with any hyperlinks posted. The hackers might proceed trying to lure victims through phishing scams.

To keep away from potential losses, customers are suggested to go on to Tellor’s official website reasonably than clicking on any crypto giveaway promotions on social media. 

Excessive-profile X accounts throughout crypto stay prime targets for hackers, who use their legitimacy and attain to perpetrate schemes corresponding to faux airdrops. One prime instance is the KuCoin X hack that occurred in April. The breach allowed the hackers to advertise a fraudulent scheme that resulted within the lack of 22,628 USDT.