Scroll Co-Founder Haichen Shen’s X Account Hacked – Phishing Warning Issued
Scroll officially confirmed the compromise of co-founder Haichen Shen’s X account, advising users to avoid suspicious links as the team works to recover access.
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Fact Check
The statement is strongly supported by multiple authoritative and relevant sources from the cryptocurrency industry. The most authoritative source, a post on Binance's platform, explicitly confirms that Scroll issued a warning about its co-founder Haichen Shen's X account being compromised. Two other relevant sources from a cryptocurrency exchange (MEXC) and a financial news site (ainvest.com) corroborate the central facts: a Scroll co-founder's account was hacked and used for a phishing scam. While these two sources mistakenly identify the co-founder as 'Kenneth Shen,' this minor discrepancy is outweighed by the highest-authority source which correctly identifies him as Haichen Shen. The core claims of the statement—the hacking of a Scroll co-founder's X account and the issuance of a phishing warning—are consistently supported across all relevant evidence. The remaining sources were deemed completely irrelevant to the topic and were disregarded.
Summary
Scroll confirmed that co-founder Haichen Shen’s X account was compromised and that the team is working to recover it. Users are urged to ignore suspicious links and private messages, following reports that the account was used to impersonate X employees for phishing.
Terms & Concepts
- Scroll: An Ethereum Layer 2 network (scaling solution) designed to increase transaction speed and reduce costs using zero-knowledge technology.
- Phishing: A cyberattack method where attackers impersonate trusted entities to deceive victims into revealing sensitive information or transferring assets.