Animoca Brands’ co-founder and executive chairman, Yat Siu, fell victim to a hack on his X account promoting a fake token called ANIMOCA. The official X account of Animoca Brands confirmed the incident and warned investors to avoid Yat Siu’s account. The hacker managed to compromise Yat Siu’s account and falsely announced a token launch by Animoca Brands. The price of the fake token skyrocketed by 500% in just five minutes before plummeting when the post was deleted. Yat Siu addressed the breach through a secondary account, revealing that the hacker bypassed 2FA security. Animoca Brands clarified that there was no official token launch and urged caution. This incident adds to a string of similar hacks in the cryptocurrency space, highlighting the ongoing issue of access control vulnerabilities. Read more AI-generated news on: https://app.chaingpt.org/news