Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
NEAR Protocol
Hack or exploit on May 9, 2024 · Account Compromise
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
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
The official Twitter account of the public chain project NEAR Protocol appears to have been compromised. Currently, its profile picture on Twitter has been changed to a solid black image, and its bio has been updated to display the word "Dark" with garbled characters. Around 4 AM, several strange tweets with garbled characters were posted, including "re claim your sovereig nty," "darkness," "take back your," and "The sun rises in the east." As of now, NEAR has not provided any explanation on its other official social media channels.
Details
- Date
- May 9, 2024
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Account Compromise
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "NEAR Protocol hack, May 9, 2024: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htc22d12622f/ (data as of 2026-11-01).