The official X account of heavy metal band Metallica appears to have been hacked, with attackers using the vulnerability to promote the Solana token under the ticker METAL 🎸.

The token was first announced on Metallica X's official account on June 26, where it was claimed that it was launched in partnership with Ticketmaster powered by Solana.

Ticketmaster had not made any public statements about the legitimacy of the partnership at the time of publication.

Posts from the Metallica account claimed that the token was also launched in collaboration with fintech company MoonPay. She has not made any public mention of the token and did not respond to a request for comment outside of US business hours.

This is a developing story and more information will be added as it becomes available.