The @WatcherGuru account, a prominent source in the cryptocurrency news sector with 2.9 million followers, was compromised on March 21, 2025. Unauthorized posts were made regarding an alleged agreement between Ripple and SWIFT to utilize XRP for cross-border payments, which the account later confirmed was false. The hacking incident involved malicious links and a potential social engineering attack. Watcher Guru has advised users to ignore all links and tweets from their account until the issue is resolved, emphasizing that they had two-factor authentication enabled and are investigating the breach. The incident has raised concerns about account security within the cryptocurrency community.
Parody accounts are supposed to have a notation below the username indicating they are a parody. And yet 95% of these accounts don't have that. X needs to get it together and start identifying these.
Why does X allow these parody accounts that look just like the original? This is obviously platform manipulation and against the terms of service. And yet they allow it and these accounts grow from zero to half a million followers in a few months. I have submitted numerous
Here's the problem with parody accounts. On mobile, this post looks like it is from Tucker Carlson account. It got 8 million views. But it's NOT from Tucker's account, it's a parody account made to look like Tucker's account. This is bullsh*t and X needs to end this NOW. https://t.co/zVKtJRsQ1x