ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski Hacked on Social Media by NFT Scammers
ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski was the victim of a hacking incident over the weekend.
Scammers peddling non-fungible tokens somehow got access to Wojnarowski’s account on X, formerly Twitter, and posted a link purporting to promote NBA Top Shot, an NFT venture on the decline. The post shared with his 6.3 million followers lured fans in by falsely stating that a “free NFT pack is available to all customers.” But, the scammers were just using the company’s name to trick fans.
The link posted was a .org domain instead of .com, which is what the real NBA Top Shot uses. The actual NBA Top Shot account subsequently posted a statement saying “There is NO Free Airdrop happening on NBA Top Shot at this time, Please be careful and always double check links.”
WOJ hacked. dont click on this pic.twitter.com/87zg5Z7bPN
— vladdy (@rtdepartment) February 24, 2024
Wojnarowski’s post was taken down after about an hour, according to The Verge. The veteran NBA reporter never made a post clarifying that he was hacked, although many observers concluded that’s what happened.