Hackers Use Scroll Co-Founder Ye Chen's Compromised X Account to Impersonate Platform Staff in Phishing Scam

Scroll co-founder Ye Chen's verified X account was taken over in a phishing campaign where attackers posed as X employees and sent fake copyright violation notices with malicious links. The hijacked profile, redesigned to resemble an official X account, targeted prominent crypto founders, executives and investors with time-limited threats of account restrictions. The incident adds to a series of social engineering attacks in 2025 and early 2026 that have hit major crypto brands, media outlets and individual developers across multiple platforms.