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McDonald’s Falls Victim to Cyberattack: Instagram Hijacked to Promote Grimace Cryptocurrency

ID: 32d8d7f7-6305-5d0a-af3e-6936fbdb758a

STIX ID: report--32d8d7f7-6305-5d0a-af3e-6936fbdb758a

Feed Name: securityonline.info

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2024-08-23

Date Updated: 2026-04-22

Author: do son

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McDonald’s official Instagram was compromised and used to promote the ‘Grimace’ meme coin; attackers claimed roughly $700,000 in Solana and left a Telegram link that persisted after the account was restored, illustrating how social-media account takeovers enable crypto-promotion scams and expose investors to rapid losses.

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