Hackers hacked the ZKSYNC and Matter Labs accounts on the social network X to promote fake zK tokens and the dissemination of false statements about the investigation by American regulators.

Attackers distributed false information that the ZKSYNC protocol was investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Ministry of Finance may impose sanctions against ZKSYNC. In fraudulent tweets, it was argued that each ZKSYNC and Matter Labs subscriber may claim the share of the primary reserve of ZK tokens. Attackers published harmful links so that users could participate in fraudulent Eirrod.

The ZKSYNC team, solutions to the second -level for the Ethereum network, confirmed hacking, urging users not to move on suspicious links. Lynnette Nolan, head of the communications company Matter Labs, assured that ZKSYNC and Matter Labs accounts completely returned to the commands.

“We find out how the accounts were hacked, and we believe that this happened through compromised delegated accounts. All delegated accounts are disabled, we removed all the Hacker tweets, ”said Zksync.

Within an hour after the incident, the price of a guide token ZKSYNC (ZK) fell by 2%, and per day by 8% – up to $ 0.072. The fall occurred despite the fact that over the past week, Token has demonstrated a strong growth. Now the market capitalization of ZK has $ 267.6 million.

Over the past few months, ZKSYNC has been faced with a serious safety violation for the second time. In mid -April, the hacker gained access to a contract for the distribution of tokens for Airdrop, creating 111 million non -demanded ZK tokens, the total cost of which at that time amounted to about $ 5 million. Later, the hacker returned 90% of the stolen crypto assets, leaving himself 10% of the amount as a reward.