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14 days ago
Microsoft’s X account hacked in crypto pump-and-dump scheme
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What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. BleepingComputer is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 2 Oct 2026, 09:29 UTC. The headline in use is “Microsoft’s X account hacked in crypto pump-and-dump scheme”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
On Thursday, unknown attackers hijacked the official Microsoft account on X, which has over 13 million followers, in what appeared to be a pump-and-dump scheme promoting a crypto token. [...
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