Robinhood CEO's X Account Hacked to Promote Fake Memecoin

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CoinDesk 4 days ago • coindesk.com

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X account hacked to promote token amid memecoin frenzy

Robinhood (HOOD) CEO Vlad Tenev's X account was compromised on Thursday and used to promote a fake memecoin as traders have piled into tokens on the brokerage's recently-launched blockchain network. The now-deleted post…

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Cointelegraph 4 days ago • cointelegraph.com

Robinhood CEO’s X account hacked in apparent memecoin scam

A hacker reportedly took over Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account to promote a fake “VLAD” memecoin, posting what appeared to be a malicious token contract address.

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