Hackers hijacked Microsoft's X account for a scam featuring everyone's least-favorite tech mascot Clippy

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Pro Security Hackers hijacked Microsoft's X account for a scam featuring everyone's least-favorite tech mascot Clippy News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 5 October 2026 Microsoft X account was used to promote a meme coin scam When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. To make matters even worse, they later tried to make it seem as if Microsoft reclaimed its account and issued a fake apology tweet.The wonderful world of cryptocurrency has a subculture called “meme coins”. These are obscure, practically pointless tokens that emerge quickly as part of an ongoing trend, and disappear just as fast.

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▪Pro Security Hackers hijacked Microsoft's X account for a scam featuring everyone's least-favorite tech mascot Clippy News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 5 October 2026 Microsoft X account was used to promote a meme coin scam When you purchas
▪To make matters even worse, they later tried to make it seem as if Microsoft reclaimed its account and issued a fake apology tweet.The wonderful world of cryptocurrency has a subculture called “meme coins”.
▪These are obscure, practically pointless tokens that emerge quickly as part of an ongoing trend, and disappear just as fast.

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Pro Security Hackers hijacked Microsoft's X account for a scam featuring everyone's least-favorite tech mascot Clippy News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 5 October 2026 Microsoft X account was used to promote a meme coin scam When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Microsoft) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Microsoft’s X account was hijacked to promote the suspicious $CLIPPY cryptocurrency tokenAttackers amplified the scam with fake Microsoft-branded statements and apology postsMicrosoft confirmed unauthorized access, removed the posts, and…

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