On Wednesday (April 2nd), Slash’s Twitter/X account shared a variety of posts selling a cryptocurrency memecoin. Whereas the Weapons N’ Roses guitarist usually shares some unusual issues to his social media pages, it seems he has been hacked.
“In 2 hours, we’re launching a memecoin on SOLANA. Keep tuned…” Slash’s account tweeted in a since-deleted publish.
Half an hour later, his account posted: “Get able to unleash your crypto energy with GUNS – the memecoin for each Weapons N’ Roses fan!”
Slash’s account additionally posted a number of hyperlinks to the memecoin, and promised his followers that “We’ll make investments $1M in $GUNS within the subsequent hour.”
Fortunately, it appears not many individuals fell for the rip-off. As of Wednesday (April 2nd), the coin solely had an approximate worth of $0.000003, with its market cap plummeting from $15,000 to round $4,400 (in line with Loudwire).
Whereas it appears Slash has regained management of his Twitter/X account – as all of those posts have since been deleted – he isn’t the primary main musician to have his account compromised.
Final yr, Metallica’s title and model have been utilized by the scammers to additionally promote cryptocurrency.
Addressing the 2022 safety breach, Metallica launched an official assertion to their Fb web page, writing on the time:
“Within the wake of final week’s thrilling information of our new track, new album, and new tour, sadly the ugly aspect of social media made an look. Lots of you could have tell us about YouTube channels and stay streams, in addition to web sites, claiming to supply Metallica Crypto giveaways along side final week’s announcement.
“Let’s be as clear as potential. These are scams. They’re being streamed on faux YouTube channels posing to be ours and all pointing to web sites that we don’t run. Please keep in mind — all of our official social media channels are verified. All the time search for official verification earlier than believing one thing wild and loopy to be true. We thank all of you who’ve been vigilant in reporting these stay streams to YouTube and to us… please don’t let up!”
