Breaking Bad star’s Twitter hijacked to pump and dump memecoin for second time – DL News

Dean Norris, best known as Hank Schrader in Breaking Bad, was the target of a Twitter hack for the second time in six months.

Once the hackers gained control, they used his account to promote a fake cryptocurrency.

The attack began with a tweet from Norris’ account that read, “I have decided to launch my own crypto coin named $Dean,” accompanied by the contract address.

The attackers even shared a doctored photo of Norris holding a notepad with the coin’s symbol and date written on it.

Within hours, the memecoin’s market cap increased 7 million dollarsonly to drop 90% after Norris confirmed the scam.

Norris claimed his account back and posted a video about the hack, saying“Hey, it’s actually Dean Norris and the whole crazy crypto crap was a complete fake scam. I got hacked and I just got it back.”

He admitted that the delay in his response was due to infrequent use of Twitter, adding: “I didn’t know I was hacked until I started getting texts from friends.”

This is the second time Norris’ account has been hacked to promote a cryptocurrency scam.

In September, his account tweeted about another fake coin, $SHREDSon the TRON blockchain.

It has become increasingly difficult to distinguish between legitimate celebrities and scams, especially for those who do not normally deal with crypto.

Even Donald Trump’s recent announcement of the $TRUMP coin had many questioning whether his accounts had been compromised.

Crypto market movers

• Bitcoin is up 0.7% in the past 24 hours and is trading at $105,000.
• Ethereum is up 1.3% over the same period to $3,330.

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Kyle Baird is DL News’ weekend editor. Do you have a tip? E-mail at [email protected].