The official Pokémon profile on X has responded after its account was hacked by an unknown party who shared a post linking out to a memecoin.
“Celebrate 30 years of Pokémon in a whole new way!” the post read. “Introducing $POKEMON, the official Pokemon memecoin. Join trainers around the world and be part of the #Pokemon30 celebration.”
The post was up for around thirty minutes before it was finally taken down. Most commenters weren’t fooled, though, and it wasn’t long before proposed community notes began appearing underneath the supposed scam on X.
Pokémon published a statement addressing the hack shortly afterward, acknowledging that the account had been compromised for a thirty-minute period.
“We’re aware that our X account was accessed without authorization and used to publish posts promoting a cryptocurrency,” it wrote. “Those posts were not created or approved by Pokémon and have been removed. We have secured the account and are investigating the incident. We’re sorry for the confusion and appreciate your patience.”
The @Pokemon handle on X was temporarily compromised earlier for ~30 minutes.We’re aware that our X account was accessed without authorization and used to publish posts promoting a cryptocurrency.Those posts were not created or approved by Pokémon and have been removed. We…
Fans flooded the comments underneath this post with relief, along with endless memes joking that Team Rocket must've been behind the hack. However, this post was also deleted shortly after being published, and no follow-up remarks have yet been made on the account regarding the hack.
It's unclear if any damage was done as a result of the incident, but this wouldn't be the first time the brand has been digitally infiltrated; in late 2024, a hacker performed one of the largest leaks of Pokémon materials in history after servers at developer GameFreak were breached.
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