The official Tron account was compromised on May 2, and the team has now confirmed that the attack was due to a social engineering attack. The computer pirates used the account to announce a contract address and supposedly sent direct messages to the users and followed suspicious accounts before Tron regained control.
As reported by Tron Dao, any direct message posted on your account X on May 2 must be ignored. Users also received instructions to eliminate any direct message of the same day, since this was included in the Hacker Plan to distribute malicious information and interact with unsuspecting users.
Attack linked to the compromised account of the team member
Tron Da announced that the attack began with one of his team’s members became a victim of Social Engineering Hack. After the computer pirates obtained access to the team member account, they were able to take control of the Master X Blockchain account. Even after the recovery of Tron’s access, the attackers continued to contact others using the kidnapped personal account.
We are aware that our X account was committed from 9:25 am PST on May 2, 2025. During this time, an unauthorized part published a publication that contains a contract address (CA), sent direct messages (DMS) and followed several accounts unknown to us.
Remember: Tron dao will do it …
– Through Deint (@rondo) May 3, 2025
Tron reported that he is currently examining the incident and has identified several X and Telegram addresses of computer pirates. The team confirmed that the officials responsible for enforcing the law have been contacted and are now committed to the case.
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Dispute between SUN and OKX on the freezing application
The founder of Tron, Justin Sun, requested that OKX freezing a wallet associated with hack. In a eliminated tweet, Sun declared that the funds stolen in the Hack had been transferred to the exchange and claimed that the police had already sent a freezing notice to the official OKX channel.
Dear Mr. He Justin Sun, we are still waiting for the compliance application document. Thank you for eliminating all confusing public communications!
– Star (@star_okx) May 3, 2025
But the OKX CEO, Star Xu, reacted in public, dismissing that the exchange had received any formal request. He affirmed that the company’s legal team scanned all the postal mail, including spam folders, and could not find anything.
Image: TRON DAO YouTube channel screenshot
Xu then challenged Sun to produce evidence by publishing a screenshot of the application. This public exchange could have forced Sun to eliminate its initial publication.
Tron advances with Kant update
Despite the incident, Tron He has been occupied in the Development Front. The network recently launched a new version of its Kant Mainnet update. The update presents a redesign of its contract event system and better API and node performance. It is anticipated that these improvements improve the way the block chain interacts with Ethereum and makes it safer and more efficient in the background.
Although these changes will probably not go unnoticed by general users, Tron explained that they are key to long -term development. They said that their objective is to allow larger operations and the network to become more robust as a liquidation frame.
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