NEAR Protocol’s X account with over 1.9 million followers has been posting encrypted messages over the previous few hours, sending a darkish vibe by the neighborhood.
The primary encrypted message on NEAR Protocol’s X web page was posted at 18:18 UTC on Might 8. The message which seems to be much like Morse code says “Darkness is coming” when decoded.
Regardless of the darkish vibe of the message, the advertising and marketing and occasions lead at NEAR Basis, Yadira Blocker, replied to the encrypted audio with “One thing is cooking.”
In one other X submit, Blocker mentioned that “alpha is coming.”
Furthermore, NEAR Protocol’s X account shared a number of posts in Zalgo textual content — a glitch-styled textual content created in 2004 normally used to point out hacker exercise and breaches. The final 4 X posts by the official NEAR Protocol web page say:
- The solar rises within the east.
- Take again your ideas.
- Darkness.
- Reclaim your sovereignty.
Whereas some X customers imagine the NEAR Protocol X account might have been breached, the corporate hasn’t shared any notices or warnings. NEAR Basis additionally didn’t share something concerning the encrypted messages.
Final month, Spider-Man actor Tom Holland’s X account was hacked to advertise a crypto rip-off token known as SPIDER. On March 20, hackers breached Trezor’s X account and pushed a phony Solana-based cryptocurrency known as TRZR.