Somebody apparently hacked 50 Cent’s accounts to hawk a memecoin and made off with hundreds of thousands

50 Cent and his hundreds of thousands of social media followers had been reportedly the targets of a pump-and-dump crypto rip-off on Friday that resulted in hackers pocketing chunk of change earlier than it was all shut down. The precise quantity they made is unclear; the rapper initially wrote on Instagram that “whoever did this made $300,000,000 in half-hour” (per Cointelegraph), however the put up has since been edited to say $3,000,000 as of this afternoon. I can’t make a Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’ pun, I’ll not make a Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’ pun…

The scammers used 50 Cent’s X account and web site, Thisis50, to push $GUNIT. “My Twitter & Thisis 50.com was hacked I’ve no affiliation with this Crypto,” 50 Cent wrote in an Instagram put up containing screenshots of the unfolding mess. “Twitter labored shortly to lock my account again down,” he added. His X account and Thisis50.com nonetheless look like unavailable. Keep secure on the market, and be cautious of celebrities shilling crypto.