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ZachXBT: British hacker Bhangu or the person behind the "Sweeney's X account was hacked to promote SWEENEY tokens" incident

On July 31st, according to Cointelegraph, after American actress Sydney Sweeney suffered a cryptocurrency hack, independent on-chain detective ZachXBT revealed more details and linked the incident to convicted British hacker Gurvinder Bhangu. On July 2nd, Sweeney's X account was hacked, and the hackers pulled up shipments by promoting Solana token SWEENEY. ZachXBT's investigation revealed that Bhangu was one of the masterminds behind the attack. In addition, on July 8, Breaking Bad and Coquettish Lawyer actor Bob Odenkirk also suffered a similar hack, and the hacker posted a link to memecoin on his X account. ZachXBT found that the proceeds of these attacks were transferred to the same Ethereum address and called on UK law enforcement to take action as soon as possible. Currently, these related wallets hold cryptocurrencies worth 488,000 dollars.