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Tweet thread by zachxbt
Primary Source ↗Incident Details
A popular cryptocurrency influencer known as “Crypto Rover” has been accused by blockchain sleuth zachxbt of shady behavior, including accepting promotional payments from crypto projects and then not following through on his end of the deal, dumping tokens after promising followers he would hold, and secretly purchasing tokens for memecoin projects before pumping the price by posting about them.Zachxbt outlined various incidents, including how Crypto Rover purchased “Stoned Pepe” tokens before posting to his hundreds of thousands of followers that he thought the token would “do at least a 10x”, and claiming that he had inside info on the project. He also detailed how Rover had taken a $10,000 payment and 1% of the supply of a new token that he promised to promote, then never promoted — despite promising the team that he could “pump projects from 1/2m to 10m easy”.After zachxbt published his research, Rover deleted his Telegram channel.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- On-chain theft (attributed by zachxbt)
- Vendor / Product
- Influencer "Crypto Rover" accused of pump-and-dump and other shady behavior
Timeline
- 2024-02-20 Breach occurred
- 2024-02-20 Publicly disclosed