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Tellor’s X Account Hacked, Posts Fake TRB Airdrop Links 4w ago by coinedition.com

Tellor’s official X account is reportedly hacked, and attackers posted phishing links for a fake token airdrop.

 The account was compromised and used to share malicious links.

Hackers published two posts advertising a non-existent airdrop for Tellor’s native TRB.

The official X (formerly Twitter) account of crypto oracle Tellor was hacked on Friday, according to reports from PeckShield. This came as attackers reportedly posted phishing links for a fake token airdrop. According to PeckShield’s alerts, the “WeAreTellor” account was compromised and used to share malicious links.

#PeckShieldAlert Tellor’s X (formerly Twitter) account (@WeAreTellor) has been hacked pic.twitter.com/WwP9GSdMCe

— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) November 3, 2023

The hackers published two posts on X, advertising a non-existent airdrop for Tellor’s native TRB token. The posts urged users to claim free TRB tokens through a phishing link.

The first post read, “The $TRB airdrop is live on an EVM chain near you…” It then directed users to a fraudulent tellor[.]co site mimicking the real Tellor URL.

A follow-up post doubled down, falsely claiming that “$75,000 claimed on…

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