Compound Finance’s X account hacked, promotes phishing site to steal crypto

Security experts have declared that the Compound Finance X (Twitter) page has been hacked after it started promoting what appears to be a phishing site.

The X (formerly Twitter) account for decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Compound Finance has been hacked and is now promoting a fake phishing site, according to security-related X accounts Scam Sniffer and Officer’s Notes. 

At 4:57 pm UTC, the account posted an advertisement for “free $COMP tokens,” urging readers to click a link provided. The link leads to a website that looks identical to the protocol’s official website but has been identified as a scam site.

Cybersecurity blogger Officer’s Notes posted an alert from their account at 5:14 pm UTC, urging readers to not click on any links in the post.

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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/compound-finance-x-twitter-account-hacked-posted-scam-link