Hackers briefly took over Senator Cynthia Lummis’ verified X (Twitter) account on Wednesday. The account pushed a fake Solana meme coin called $USA Token before the posts disappeared within roughly five minutes.
The Wyoming Republican is the Senate’s most persistent advocate for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a bill that would divide crypto oversight between two federal regulators. Few lawmakers post about digital assets more often.
Inside the Lummis Crypto Scam Hack
The message claimed the token was “officially created by our team” and tagged Solana. It carried an American flag image and a link to pump.fun. That platform lets anyone mint a Solana meme coin in minutes.
A screenshot captured by Bitcoin Archive shows the post reached about 5,600 views and 37 replies before it vanished. Several near-identical versions appeared in quick succession. Each pointed to a different token page.
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Verified political accounts make attractive targets. Followers rarely expect a token promotion from a sitting senator, so the first few minutes carry the most weight.
Crypto users flagged the account within minutes and warned followers not to buy. However, Lummis’ office had issued no statement confirming the breach at the time of publication.
No proceeds have been tied to the tokens so far. That marks a sharp contrast with the Robinhood CEO’s X account takeover six days earlier, where the attacker cleared roughly $1.2 million.
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Vlad Tenev lost control of his account on July 23 after attackers socially engineered X customer support. They promoted a token called Vladhood and extracted about 650 ETH.
Earlier in July, the SpaceX and Starlink accounts were used to push a rug pull called SCATMAN, netting around $125,000. X (Twitter) began locking first-time crypto posts in April to slow the pattern. It has not stopped.
The playbook rarely changes. Attackers seize a verified account, post a freshly minted token, then delete the evidence before the owner regains control.
SOL traded around $73 on Thursday, down almost 1% over 24 hours and roughly 60% below its level a year ago. The scam token itself carried no real liquidity.
Meanwhile, the timing lands awkwardly for Lummis. Her bill stalled before the recess after Senate leaders conceded there was no time for a floor vote. How the account was accessed may end up mattering more than the token ever did.