A hacker who took over the Tron DAO X account is estimated to have made around $45,000 in improperly solicited funds, according to a spokesperson from Tron.
Speaking to Cointelegraph, the Tron public relations team confirmed that on May 2, the Tron DAO account posted a contract address and sent direct messages to solicit payments in exchange for promotional advertising on the Tron account.
“Our security team quickly identified the intrusion and cut off access to the hacker, but we ask the community to continue to be vigilant. We will never ask anyone for payments like this via DM or otherwise,” they said.
The team said that based on the illicit contract address the hacker posted, the amount improperly solicited appeared to be around $45,000.
Asked whether the same hacker could be responsible for the supposed New York Post’s X account hack on May 3, the Tron team told