Anthropic's X account was compromised to promote the crypto AI agent

On December 18, 2024, Anthropic's X account was compromised and used to promote the crypto AI agent Venti and another token, CLAUDE, for about 30 minutes. This incident is one of the recent attacks targeting major companies to promote fraudulent tokens. The hacker exploited this account to share information about Venti, a bot trained to interact and market through content on the X platform. One of the tokens related to the hack surged in price, causing approximately $100,000 in losses for investors. This is not the only case; similar hacks have targeted many other social media accounts of prominent organizations and individuals to promote fraudulent cryptocurrency projects. Although Venti is a relatively small token, this attack caused more harm than good for the project. The use of hacked accounts to promote cryptocurrency projects is becoming a concerning trend.