{"id":78979,"date":"2026-10-02T22:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T22:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/microsofts-x-account-hijacked-to-promote-clippy-meme-coin\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T22:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T22:05:13","slug":"microsofts-x-account-hijacked-to-promote-clippy-meme-coin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/microsofts-x-account-hijacked-to-promote-clippy-meme-coin\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#8217;s X Account Hijacked to Promote Clippy Meme Coin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Microsoft confirmed its X account was hijacked on Thursday.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The account briefly promoted a Clippy-themed meme coin, which Microsoft later said was unauthorized.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">In July, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev\u2019s X account was hijacked for a fake meme coin, using the same playbook.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- --> <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Microsoft\u2019s official X account began making surprising moves, including following an account promoting an unofficial meme coin inspired by the MSFT stock ticker and Clippy\u2014Microsoft\u2019s paperclip assistant that bounced around early editions of Office. It then reposted one of the account\u2019s tweets, and changed its own profile picture to Clippy.<\/p>\n<p>The posts were removed and an apology tweet appeared roughly 30 minutes later\u2014and that was deleted almost as quickly, though people were able to grab a screenshot of it. Microsoft confirmed the breach subsequently to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/1003892\/microsoft-x-twitter-account-clippy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Verge<\/a>, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We have confirmed unauthorized access to our account on X, including posts that did not come from Microsoft. The account has been secured and the unauthorized posts have been removed, and we are continuing to investigate the circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear why Microsoft deleted its lengthy apology tweet, but it covered a few key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft said it never authorized anyone to promote a token using its intellectual property, including Clippy.<\/li>\n<li>It plans to pursue legal action to have the token and associated marketing removed.<\/li>\n<li>Its real MSFT ticker has nothing to do with any token carrying a similar name, which gives holders no ownership rights in Microsoft Corporation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The token in question trades as CLIPPY, and an X account called Clippy MSFT has been <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClippyMSFT\/status\/2105884298402267618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of its louder promoters<\/a>, talking up liquidity pools reportedly worth over $200,000. Some promoters also claimed the pools were backed by actual Microsoft shares. That assertion, however, has not been verified\u2014and even if true, there\u2019s no official Microsoft link.<\/p>\n<h2>A Bigger Target in a Familiar Playbook<\/h2>\n<p>This is not the first time crypto scammers have used a Microsoft account. In 2024, attackers <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/microsoft-india-account-hijacked-by-crypto-scammers\/\">hijacked Microsoft India\u2019s X account<\/a>, which had more than 211,000 followers, to impersonate viral GameStop trader Keith \u201cRoaring Kitty\u201d Gill and push a fake Gamestop token presale built to drain wallets.<\/p>\n<p>The hijack fits a pattern that has been climbing the ladder all year. In July, attackers <a href=\"https:\/\/unchainedcrypto.com\/robinhood-ceo-vlad-tenevs-x-account-hacked-to-promote-fake-memecoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">took over Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev\u2019s X account<\/a> to promote a fake token called Vladhood, falsely billed as the official Robinhood Chain mascot.<\/p>\n<p>Ten days before that, an apparently hacked <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/spacex-starlink-x-accounts-hacked-scatman-memecoin\/\">account linked to Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX promoted a meme coin<\/a> that was then shared by Starlink\u2019s also-compromised X account. That token reached a $2 million market cap before crashing to zero.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/microsoft-x-account-hijacked-promote-clippy-meme-coin\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Microsoft confirmed its X account was hijacked on Thursday. The account briefly promoted a Clippy-themed meme coin, which Microsoft later said was unauthorized. In July, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev\u2019s X account was hijacked for a fake meme coin, using the same playbook. On Thursday, Microsoft\u2019s official [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3947362404,"featured_media":78980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3947362404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}