Hack history / 2023 / Fraud
Robinhood
Fraud on Jan 26, 2023 · Social Account Takeover
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$8K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
On January 25, 2023, Robinhood's social media accounts (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) were compromised and used to promote a fake RBH token on the BNB Chain. Attackers made off with 26.95 BNB (~$8,200) from users who fell for the scam, with the account believed to have been compromised via a third-party vendor.
Details
- Date
- Jan 26, 2023
- Kind
- Fraud
- Method
- Social Account Takeover
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- BNB Chain
Reported by
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Robinhood fraud, Jan 26, 2023: $8K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htbd5f6b1a6d/ (data as of 2026-11-01).