Several high-profile celebrities, including Rich The Kid and Caitlyn Jenner, allegedly had their X accounts compromised or socially engineered over the weekend. The attackers leveraged these accounts to promote various celebrity-inspired memecoins, leaving a trail of confusion and controversy in their wake.

Rich The Kid's X account, with a massive following of 2.3 million, was used to promote a new token called "RICH." The attacker posted a link, which has since been deleted, urging followers to buy the token. This token, created using the Solana-based memecoin creation tool pump.fun, swiftly reached a market cap of $90,000 within two hours, according to data from DEX Screener.

Meanwhile, Caitlyn Jenner's X account began promoting another memecoin called "JENNER." The token garnered significant attention, reaching a $27.1 million market cap in approximately eight hours since its launch. However, this promotion sparked controversy, with some questioning its legitimacy. To address these concerns, videos featuring Jenner and her manager, Sophia Hutchins, were released, confirming the promotion's authenticity and denying the use of deepfake technology.

The JENNER token was also launched on pump.fun, and the crypto wallet posted by Jenner is identical to the one posted by adult content creator Kazumi, who was suspected of being hacked when promoting the coin "ZUMI" on May 20. Furthermore, the same weekend saw the promotion of other tokens allegedly connected to the JENNER coin, including "RICH," "DOLL," and "SOULJA," leading to suspicions of a coordinated hacking incident.

Crypto influencer Roxo suggests that Caitlyn Jenner's team was not hacked but was socially engineered by an individual named Sahil. Sahil allegedly acted as a middleman to launch the token for Jenner, as her team lacked knowledge about crypto. After launching the token and getting Jenner to promote it, Sahil supposedly dumped all the tokens from the deployer wallet and additional tokens from burner wallets. On-chain analysis indicates that Sahil had already dumped all the tokens, leaving Jenner's team seemingly deceived.

This series of incidents follows a similar event last month involving Tom Holland's X account, which was hacked. The account, with over 7 million followers, was used by bad actors to announce that the Spider-Man star was supposedly launching "Spiderverse" in partnership with the global crypto exchange Binance. The compromised account included a link to a sham website, urging users to get early access to the fraudulent SPIDER cryptocurrency and Spiderverse NFTs.

In conclusion, the recent events surrounding celebrity X accounts highlight the vulnerability of social media platforms to hacking and social engineering. As the crypto space continues to evolve, it is crucial for individuals and teams to remain vigilant and informed to avoid falling prey to such manipulations.