Security· ★★· bearish·

Hackers seize 250,000-member Calamity Discord server for crypto scam

  • —Hackers seized the 250,000-member Calamity Discord server on October 9
  • —Attackers promoted a fake Calamity token and crashed its price
  • —Access was gained via social engineering by posing as former moderators
  • —Tens of thousands of users left the server within two days
Why it matters: The case highlights how hijacked large communities are used for crypto fraud and token manipulation.
Source: Newsbit