The X account of American actress Sydney Sweeney was hacked with now-deleted posts promoting a crypto token bearing her name in an apparent pump-and-dump scheme.

The Solana-based token SWEENEY amassed over $10 million in trading volume within two hours of its launch on July 2, bolstered by several promotional posts made from Sweeney’s X account.

“Well I think it’s time… $sweeney is now live 100mc incoming,” said one of Sweeney’s now-deleted X posts shared online, which Cointelegraph could not independently verify.

Sydney Sweeney’s X account hacked to promote crypto memecoin image 0 One of Sweeney’s X posts promoting the SWEENEY token. Source: Ioa chim Viju /X

SWEENEY’s price dropped nearly 90% in a little over an hour starting at 6:15 pm UTC, though it has partially rebounded since then. Its market cap currently sits at $1.2 million, down from its peak of $3.85 million, DEX Screener data shows.

The administrator of a Telegram channel linked to the token, which was shared on Sweeney’s X account, seemingly took credit for the hack.

Sydney Sweeney’s X account hacked to promote crypto memecoin image 1 Messages from the hacker of Sweeney’s X account. Source: Telegram

In now-deleted posts , they claimed they were also behind recent X account hacks on rapper 50 Cent and ex-pro wrestler Hulk Hogan used to promote similarly faked tokens. They added they would soon target a celebrity even more “popular” than Sweeney but did not give specific details.

It’s the second time Sweeney’s X account has been hacked to promote a crypto token. In January, her account was breached, with hackers promoting the Solana token MILK, which currently has a $1 million market cap.

The hack comes after several minor celebrities have turned to promoting crypto tokens .

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Media personality Caitlyn Jenner and rapper Iggy Azalea both launched and backed Solana-based memecoins, which they say initially involved memecoin collaborator Sahil Arora .

American rapper “Rich the Kid,” Nigerian singer David Adedeji Adeleke Oon and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather were among the other celebrities that had token launches promoted from their X accounts.

Azalea’s MOTHER token was the best-performing celeb token of the lot, reaching a market cap of $148.9 million at its peak.

However, nearly $100 million has been shaved from its market cap since, CoinGecko data shows .

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