The X-Account hacking campaign has fueled a successful pump-and-dump scheme for the $HACKED Solana token, with people rushing to buy the coin.

Hacked accounts include MoneyControl (1.4 million followers), People Magazine (7.8 million), and even EUinmyRegion (an account managed by the European Commission), which has close to 100K followers.

The hacking spree started around 2:00 PM ET, with hundreds of X accounts hacked for posting a tweet about pumping $HACKED tokens.

All the posts are the same, saying, “THIS IS A HACKED ACCOUNT! Introducing $HACKED ON SOLANA on every account we hack, we publish the token address so we pump it and a Earn profits together.”

A cyber attack is promoting a cryptocurrency token. $HACKED Solana on the blockchain, and the marketing campaign appears to be working.

When the bleeping computer first learned of the hack, the token had only 42 token holders with a market cap of about $5,000. When this story was published, the token had 436 owners, and the market cap had grown to $166,175.57.

However, the market fluctuates wildly as people take profits in pump and dumps.

It’s unclear how the hackers compromised these X accounts, but it may have been through a compromised API key or third-party apps linked to the accounts.

BleepingComputer has reached out to some affected accounts to find out more but has not received a response.

This is a developing story….