Pokemon Social Media Account Hacked to Promote a Memecoin
The hacked post leaned on Pokemon's 30th anniversary to push a memecoin, and the incident landed mid-way through the Team Rocket Base event at ZeroBase Shibuya, though the two are unrelated.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The English Pokemon X account briefly promoted a memecoin on Thursday before the post was deleted. The Pokemon Company confirmed the account was accessed without authorization for about 30 minutes and that the cryptocurrency posts were not created or approved by Pokemon. The company secured the account and is investigating the incident.
The deleted post framed the memecoin as a celebration of Pokemon's 30th anniversary, a hook that likely helped it travel before the account was secured. The Pokemon Company's response confirmed the breach, stated the posts were unauthorized, and noted the account had been compromised for roughly 30 minutes.
That statement was itself later removed, and no further statements had been issued as of press time. The timing is a coincidence: the hack ran alongside the Team Rocket Base event at ZeroBase Shibuya, an August 25-31 takeover of the venue by the villains. The event is not connected to the memecoin incident.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network Interest Pokémon's Social Media Hacked to Promote Memecoin