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50 Cent Claims That a Hacker Accessed His Account To Orchestrate $300 Million Cryptocurrency Scam

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Recently, rapper 50 Cent claimed that his account was compromised by a hacker who allegedly orchestrated a $300 million pump-and-dump scheme.

The artist alleges that the cybercriminal manipulated his social media to inflate cryptocurrency values before cashing out at the expense of unsuspecting investors.

The New York Post reports,

“My Twitter & Thisis 50.com was hacked,” the rapper, 48, wrote on his Instagram late Friday.

“I have no association with this Crypto. Twitter worked quickly to lock my account back down. Who ever did this made $300,000,000 in 30 minutes,” he alleged.

 

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The Instagram post included screenshots of the “$GUNIT” memecoin,

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