Microsoft’s X account hacked in crypto pump-and-dump scheme

By Sergiu Gatlan · BleepingComputer · Friday, 2 October 2026 at 09:29 (30m ago) · Original article ↗

On Thursday, unknown attackers hijacked the official Microsoft account on X, which has over 13 million followers, in what appeared to be a pump-and-dump scheme promoting a crypto token. [...]

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