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 <p>The X (formerly Twitter) account of blockchain analysis firm Dune Analytics was hacked last night, posting a fake airdrop scam to its 145,000 followers.</p>
 <p>Dune claimed the account was compromised for roughly 90 minutes during which time it posted a fake airdrop that was live for just a quarter of an hour.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
 <p>The company’s CEO Fredrik Haga said, “Unknown if the attacker can post or if the account is currently frozen. Be careful, don’t send any money or secrets to @duneanalytics.”&nbsp;</p>
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">This <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="account" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/account.html">account</a> was compromised for the last ~90 minutes.<br><br>A fake post about a Dune Airdrop was live for about 15 minutes.<br><br>Reminder that there is no Dune <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="airdrop" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/airdrop.html">airdrop</a> or token currently live or planned.<br><br>The Dune team now has control over the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="account" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/account.html">account</a> again.</p>— Dune (@DuneAnalytics) April 29, 2024
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 <p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Dune Analytics" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/dune-analytics.html">Dune Analytics</a> then appealed to X support for help and the case was reportedly ‘<strong>escalated internally</strong>‘ within the hour.&nbsp;</p>
 <p>The Dune <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="account" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/account.html">account</a> has since been recovered from the hackers. The company reminded users on X that “there is no Dune <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="airdrop" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/airdrop.html">airdrop</a> or token currently live or planned.” It’s unclear exactly how the hack was carried out and we have asked Dune Analtyics if it can share any more information on the matter.</p>
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 <p><em>Read more: Sydney Sweeney X account promotes ‘t**s’ and Solana shitcoin in hack</em></p>
 <p>X accounts are vulnerable to SIM-swapping, a technique that involves a victim’s phone number being reassigned to another device allowing a fraudster to reset passwords with confirmation from the newly assigned device.&nbsp;</p>
 <p>Securities and Exchange Commission officials claimed SIM-swapping was to blame when its own X account was hacked in January this year. In this case, the hijacked account was used to announce a <strong>fake bitcoin ETF approval</strong>.</p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/dune-analytics-x-account-hijacked-to-shill-airdrop-tbt87025.html">https://thebittimes.com/dune-analytics-x-account-hijacked-to-shill-airdrop-tbt87025.html</a></p>

Dune Analytics X account hijacked to shill airdrop

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