Attackers seized the official X accounts of SpaceXAI and Starlink on Sunday to promote a memecoin called Scam Altman (SCATMAN), which briefly touched a $32 million market cap on Robinhood Chain. Lookonchain noted the hacker minted 10 trillion tokens and dumped them for about $135,000 in ether.
Key Takeaways
Hackers used SpaceXAI and Starlink X accounts on July 12 to push SCATMAN, which hit a $32M market cap.Lookonchain says the attacker dumped 10 trillion tokens across two wallets for 73.7 ETH, roughly $135,000.Robinhood Chain, live since July 1, faces a wave of scam tokens as Relay Protocol blocks honeypot listings.There’s been an increase in scam tokens designed to remove themselves after purchase. We are blocking such tokens as they appear and verifying safe ones.
Neither SpaceX nor X had issued a detailed statement on how the accounts were breached at the time of writing. Both accounts were restored and the promotional posts removed by Sunday evening.
In any case, the unanswered question is still attribution since Lookonchain’s wallet trail gives investigators a starting point, and previous high-profile X account compromises have drawn scrutiny from U.S. authorities. Whether this one produces an enforcement response or simply another entry in the long ledger of celebrity-brand token scams should become clearer in the days ahead.
