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

50 Cent and his tens of millions of social media followers have been reportedly the targets of a pump-and-dump crypto rip-off on Friday that resulted in hackers pocketing a very good 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 publish 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 publish containing screenshots of the unfolding mess. “Twitter labored rapidly 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.