Earlier today, on October 1st, BNB Chain’s official English-language account on X was hacked, causing serious issues for the cryptocurrency community.
Former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) warned users after the account abruptly tweeted “4$ FOR THE MEME” alongside an unknown wallet address, and a photo of himself.
The hackers pinned the fraudulent tweet to the top of the profile for the accounts’ 3.6 million followers to see.
According to a statement from SlowMist’s CISO 23 PDS, the attack exploited a phishing site, which was similarly disguised by replacing the “i” in its domain with an “l.” This attack was linked to the Inferno phishing group.
Fake Airdrop Scam Exposed
The hackers used the compromised account to promote a fake post designed as a “BNB Chain 5th Anniversary Airdrop.”
The fraudulent promotion asked users to “Check Eligibility” by clicking a link that took users to the suspicious link (bnbchalns.com), a domain created to closely mimic the actual BNB Chain website.
In doing so, the users risked connecting their crypto wallets or providing personal information to the attacker’s website.
If users clicked to connect a wallet, the hackers potentially could steal funds or sensitive private data. By leveraging the name of BNB Chain and the popularity of anniversary airdrops, the hackers made the scam appear legitimate in users’ minds.
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Official Warnings and Security Response
CZ quickly warned the community, telling followers not to click on any links or connect their wallets to the phishing sites.
He assured that Binance’s security team was already in communication with X to suspend the compromised account and delete the malicious posts.
Furthermore, take-down requests for the fake domains had been made as well, while BNB Chain’s Chinese-language X account also confirmed the hack and reassured users that urgent fixes were being implemented.
Security experts underscored that the phishing scheme specifically used Wallet Connect prompts, a common tactic in several recent financially motivated scams in the crypto space.
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Other Crypto Account Hacks Highlight Risks
This situation is just one of many recent breaches of social media accounts in the crypto space.
Notably, on the 2nd of May, TRON DAO announced that its X account had been compromised in a social engineering attack by an employee, according to UnoCrypto.
On March 21st, 2025, we reported that Watcher.Guru, a popular crypto news site, was hacked with attackers falsely claiming a SWIFT-XRP partnership, presumably as part of a Telegram phishing scam.
Along with the BNB Chain incident, these recent breaches call on users to carefully check domains, avoid wallet connections from social media links, and be extremely diligent, regardless of the apparent legitimacy of the post from the account.
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