Stellar Blade’s X account has been hacked to promote and sell a fake digital asset. The update was shared by the project’s creative director, urging all users to refrain from interacting with the account until they recover it from the malicious actors.
The issue of cryptocurrency scams has been on the rise in the past few months. Accounts trying to promote digital assets as a get-rich scheme have multiplied across several social platforms, including X, where they have been able to lure so many people.
However, gamers were surprised that the Stellar Blade official account started posting a game-themed token, a development that had not been communicated to the community before. Most fans were able to see that the account had been hacked before the creative director issued a message on behalf of the project.
Stellar Blade loses X accounts to hackers
Earlier this morning, the official Stellar Blade account on blogging platform X had been sharing some questionable posts. Several posts were about a token, with the handle actively promoting the coin. The account encouraged the Stellar Blade community and others to click the link for a chance to claim massive amounts of money in the form of the digital asset.
As if that was not a red flag enough, the account turned off the comment section for those posts. In its follow-up posts, it said it did that to protect interested users from phishing, fake replies, and scam bots.
However, the typical reason comments on these kinds of posts are turned off is to prevent anyone from warning the community and the general public against clicking the links. The hackers also used Stellar Blade characters and imagery to promote airdrops for the “Stellar Blade Coin.”
The posts make claims about how many tokens users have claimed so far, enticing unsuspecting users to click on the links in the posts.
Most of these scams work by leading users to a replica website where they are asked to enter certain sensitive details that the hackers can use to access their accounts and steal assets or funds. Some of the posts also promised users in-game items like an exosuit and weapon upgrades with the same link to the website.
In addition to the links, the account also posted some NSFW fan art. Meanwhile, that might not have tipped off users because the project had always been sharing NSFW artwork before they were hacked. In June, the brand went too far with what it shared, leaving fans stunned at how an official brand could share such content on their page. While that was not off-limits, the project isn’t in charge of sharing the links.
The posts had the markings of desperation that are associated with such scams. This way, the hacker goes on a posting spree while promising users different enticing items while posting just one link. There is also the promise of large sums of money from the airdrops, another thing that users need to watch out for.
Stellar Blade director Hyung-Tae Kim was on hand to give an update on the state of the account. Kim said the posts on the account were unauthorized and warned fans to remain cautious and not engage.
According to the post, the team behind Stellar Blade is working behind the scenes and in active discussions to recover the account. Presently, it is hard to say if the account will be recovered and returned to the project. However, users should realize that all the promises coming from the account concerning airdrops and in-game rewards are false, and they should avoid the posts.
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