Algorand X account hacker brags they’re still in control after ‘taking a nap’

  protos.com 4 h

The hacker who took over the X (formerly Twitter) account belonging to Algorand’s CEO is gloating that they were able to take a nap in the 11 hours since the foundation announced it would kick them out.

Staci Warden’s X account was apparently hacked this morning and subsequently posted a series of irregular comments. A number of changes were also made to the account.

At 3:23 AM GMT, one hour before its first irregular post, the Algorand Foundation warned users to avoid interacting with the compromised account, saying that “[Algorand] are in the process of recovering it.”

However, despite Algorand appearing to be on top of the situation, 11 hours later the account gloated, “how long is this process,” adding that whoever was responsible “took a nap and I’m still here😭.”

‼️ @StaciW_DC’s account has been compromised.

Please do not click on any links on her account or respond to DMs.

We are in the process of recovering it.

— Algorand Foundation (@AlgoFoundation) January 26, 2024

The hacker has so far told onlookers to sell $ALGO and buy $ETH, and has written a parody story in which Warden hands over “full control” of Algorand to Tron founder Justin Sun. It also used a racial slur, described Algorand holders as “poor” and shared some music from Playboi Carti.

Two of the posts shared by the compromised X account.