Several strange tweets have been sent out from Near Protocol's official X account, asking their nearly two million followers to "reclaim your sovereignty," along with other unusual directives.
On May 9, around 01:18 a.m., Near Protocol's X account posted a 27-second Morse code video without providing any context. The interpreted content means "Darkness is coming".
Two hours after the cryptic message was tweeted, Near's X account posted four consecutive tweets using a difficult-to-read gothic font, widely used by rock bands. The messages read “sun rises in the East”, “withdraw your thoughts”, “darkness” and “reclaim your sovereignty”.
In addition, Near's account name and description were also changed according to the gothic theme of the tweet. The screenshot below shows account X including Near and related tweets.
The crypto community on X and blockchain investigators suspect a possible hack. However, no official confirmation has been received at the time of writing.
But a handful of the protocol's supporters see the tweets as a sign of something bigger coming to the ecosystem.
In January earlier this year, CoinGecko's X account was compromised and used to commit a scam. The company regained control of its social media accounts following a swift intervention.
Following similar timelines, the Near Foundation laid off 40% of its staff “to significantly strengthen the Foundation's core team to focus on a narrower and higher-impact set of activities.”
The decision involves layoffs of 35 Near employees in the marketing, business development and community teams. The company said at the time:
“Near Foundation will provide support to impacted colleagues during this time to help them find new opportunities in the NEAR ecosystem, the Web3 industry and beyond.”
The layoffs came shortly after a review concluded that the Foundation's practices were ineffective. The fund plans to further reduce centralization as the ecosystem moves toward true decentralization in the coming years.
Source: https://tapchibitcoin.io/nghi-van-bi-hack-tai-khoan-x-cua-near-dang-cac-dong-tweet-la.html
