Ethereum Layer 2 Network Zksync and its developer Matter Labs X account was compromised in early May, hackers falsely claimed that the network was being investigated by US authorities along with other scam messages.
The Zksync-related X account posted on May 13, confirming the accounts for Zksync and Matter Labs, was warned, users not to interact after sharing a fake aircraft in a clear fishing scam.
Both the hacked Zksync and Matter Labs posted a fake statement, claiming that Zksync was investigating by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Treasury Department could ban the stage.
Matter Labs Communications Head Linnet Nolan confirmed the coinlagraph that the ex -post removed is now “not valid” and both accounts are now completely back under the team’s control. “
Crypto Startup G8keep co-founder Harrison Legio, which goes by “pop punk”, posted, “Shout to ZksyNC hackers.
According to Koingko, the objective of fake statement was aimed at crashing the price of a self-examination of the platform, a platform’s self-examination token in the last hour between the X account breech.
The SEC has investigated the crypto companies in the past, and many of these firms have chosen to publicly disclose when they have been investigated by the regulator.
The SEC has stopped several of its investigations under the Trump administration, with the Crypto.com, the irreversible, Openia and Robinhood Crypto, among others, the agency ended the investigation.
The ZK is 6.4% below the last day to trade at around 7 cents, cooling from the rally around 38.5% in the previous week.
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Nolan of Matter Labs stated that the firm was seeing how X accounts were dissolved, and it is believed that it was through “compromised represented accounts”, which allows users to be limited to an X account, allowing them to be posted on their behalf.
Two hacks in several months
This is the second agreement of Zksync-controlled platforms from April.
On 15 April, an attacker violated the account of ZksyNC’s aircraft distribution contract and at that time the price of approximately $ 5 million used a function to mint 111 million unclaimed ZK tokens.
Hack took place in the midst of the platform to hand over 17.5% of the Ecological Mechanism to participants.
The attacker later returned 90% of the stolen tokens, agreed to keep 10% as a reward.
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