The X account of rapper Wiz Khalifa was reportedly hacked on Nov. 3, after it posted a scam memecoin to the rapper’s 35.7 million followers.
In the now-deleted post on X, the hackers that took control of Khalifa’s account said the rapper had been “working with my team to drop $WIZ for all the crypto fans.”
Source: ZachXBT
The WIZ memecoin — deployed on the Solana-based memecoin launchpad pump.fun — rallied to a peak valuation of $3.4 million within 15 minutes of launch.
Within the next hour, the market capitalization of the memecoin crashed to less than $28,000 as early holders unloaded huge sums of the token. WIZ is currently trading at a value of $8,400, according to data from DEX Screener.
The value of the scam memecoin WIZ plummeted to below $28,000 within an hour of launch. Source: Dexscreener
Aggregated data from Solscan shows the two top wallets purchased just over 155 million WIZ tokens at launch for $19,100 and sold them for a combined profit of $160,000.
While the exact identity of the attacker and the method behind Khalifa’s hack is still unconfirmed, independent blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said the same hacker was responsible for taking over Truth Terminal developer Andy Ayrey’s account on Oct. 29.
“Do not buy the Wiz Khalifa Pump Fun [token] it’s the same hacker who compromised Andy Ayrey (Truth Terminal creator) the other day,” said Zach in a message on Nov. 3 to his public Telegram group.
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The posts promoting the memecoin have since been deleted. No further posts have been made to clarify whether control of Khalifa’s account has been restored.
Ayrey’s X account was hacked on Oct. 29, with the attackers using it to shill a series of fraudulent memecoins that netted them a total profit of $1.5 million in ill-gotten gains.
Truth Terminal is the AI bot responsible for sending a memecoin called Goatseus Maximus (GOAT) to a peak valuation of $940 million. According to DEX Screener data, GOAT is currently trading at a market cap of $544 million, down 39% from its Oct. 24 all-time high.
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