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NEAR Protocol’s X Account Hacked, Cryptic Messages Posted

NEAR Protocol, a decentralized application platform focused on creating fast and scalable infrastructure, had its X account hacked. This security breach, which occurred yesterday, has left followers of the blockchain platform puzzled because of the unusual texts and activities that followed.

The blockchain platform’s X account has about 1.9 million followers, and the hacker has used this opportunity to post several encrypted tweets. The first message, a 27-second Morse code message that said “Darkness is coming” was posted around 6:18 pm UTC, not long after NEAR announced that its Fast Finality Layer is now live on testnet.

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— N̷̢̒E̶̳̎Ą̷͌R̴̳͝ (@NEARProtocol) May 8, 2024

A few hours after the cryptic video was posted, a series of messages popped up on NEAR’s X account in a difficult-to-read Zalgo font, the messages of which were later translated to mean “the sun rises in the east”, “take back your thoughts”, “darkness”, and “reclaim your sovereignty”. Aside from the post, th...