Editor's PiCK

WatcherGuru Account Hacked… "Ripple-SWIFT News is Fake"

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Suehyeon Lee

Summary

  • WatcherGuru's official X account was hacked, spreading false information to investors.
  • WatcherGuru stated that the news about the contract between Ripple and SWIFT was false content created by the hacker.
  • The fake post created by the hacker has been deleted.

It appears that the official X account of the virtual asset (cryptocurrency) media WatcherGuru has been hacked.

On the 21st (local time), WatcherGuru announced via X that "the X account was hacked and previous posts were made by the hacker."

Previously, WatcherGuru reported that Ripple and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) had signed a contract to introduce XRP into the international remittance payment system. The post has since been deleted, and it is identified as fake news created by the hacker.

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Suehyeon Lee

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