Late Sunday, scammers targeted a well-known crypto influencer on X (Twitter) known as GCR. His account was compromised, and a post predicting the price of the ORDI token led to brief price spikes.

The hacker posted promotional content about the ORDI and Luna 2.0 tokens, causing temporary price increases.

GCR later confirmed the hack and advised his followers to ignore any promotional posts.

Interestingly, he suspects that someone at X.com was bribed to provide his login credentials, leading to the security breach. “I was notified two months ago by someone affiliated with Twitter that bribes were made to access my account, so I beefed up security,” he wrote. “But there can’t be any security if X employees take money for admin access.”

After the hacker’s post, the price of ORDI climbed from around $40 to $44, but the rally was short-lived, and the price fell back to $40 at the time of writing. Luna 2.0 also saw a brief 274% surge.

GCR’s warning about the hack caught the attention of several crypto observers who speculated about the hacker’s motives.

For instance, Bitcoin developer Udi Wertheimer suggested that the hack could be part of a broader scam targeting celebrities and crypto influencers. He warned, “As more niche celebs are launching meme coins during a long weekend when platform engineers are away, I recommend you be very careful.”

Popular Chinese crypto blogger Colin Wu noted that the hacker “established positions on OKX and Binance 6 minutes in advance.” Crypto analyst Miles Deutscher commented that the hacker “fumbled the bag hard,” noting that the hacker could have chosen any believable micro-cap to pump 10-20x but instead chose to promote ORDI and LUNA2 for a mere 10% gain.

Previously, American rapper Rich The Kid’s X account posted a link to buy a new token RICH on the Solana memecoin creation platform pump.fun, reaching a market value of $90,000 within the first two hours. The post was later deleted, with no official statement from Rich The Kid’s management confirming it was a hack.

Similarly, American media celebrity Caitlyn Jenner’s X account promoted a new memecoin JENNER on the pump.fun platform, which accumulated a market value of $4.7 million since its launch. Given the token’s sudden surge, many suspected it was a hack. Jenner recently promoted the coin again, urging followers to ignore influencers advising against buying the JENNER token, stating, “They want you to stay broke.”