Hackers briefly took over Sen. Cynthia Lummis’ (Twitter) X account on Wednesday. The account posted a fake Solana meme called $USA Token before the posts disappeared within about five minutes.
The Wyoming Republican is the Senate’s most persistent advocate for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a bill that would split oversight of cryptocurrencies between two federal regulators. Few lawmakers post about digital assets very often.
Inside the Lummis Crypto Scam
The message claimed that the token was “officially created by our team” and tagged as Solana. It had an image of the American flag and a link to Pump.fun. This platform allows anyone to mint Solana meme coin in minutes.
A screenshot captured by Bitcoin Archive shows the post reached around 5,600 views and 37 replies before disappearing. Several near-identical versions appeared in quick succession. Each of them pointed to a different symbolic page.
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Verified political accounts make attractive targets. Followers rarely expect a token promotion from a senator, so the first few minutes carry the most weight.
Cryptocurrency users flagged the account within minutes and warned followers not to purchase. However, Loomis’ office had not issued any statement confirming the violation as of press time.
No returns have been linked to the tokens yet. This represents a sharp contrast to Robinhood CEO X account It was seized six days ago, with the attacker pocketing nearly $1.2 million.
Account takeovers continue to hit the biggest cryptocurrency names
Vlad Tenev lost control of his account on July 23 after attackers engineered X’s customer support on a social level. They promoted a token called Vladhood and mined around 650 ETH.
Earlier in July, it was done SpaceX and Starlink accounts It was used to push a rug called SCATMAN, which brought in about $125,000. X started (Twitter). Lock crypto shares for the first time In April to slow down this pattern. Didn’t stop.
The playbook rarely changes. Attackers take over a verified account, post a fresh token, and then delete the evidence before the owner regains control.
SOL was trading at about $73 on Thursday, down about 1% over 24 hours and about 60% below its level a year ago. The scam code itself did not carry any real liquidity.
Meanwhile, timing gets weird for Loomis. Her bill I stopped before vacation After Senate leaders acknowledged there was no time to vote. How you access the account may be more important than the token of all.
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