Report: NBA social media accounts hacked, offers fake crypto coin
The official NBA social media accounts became victims of a hack. The league’s PR team confirmed to Front Office Sports that their social media accounts were hacked after discovering that someone shared a fake press release saying the NBA was launching a new crypto coin.
The fake announcement said the NBA was launching NBA Coin, “a groundbreaking digital asset designed to redefine fan engagement, transactions and experiences within the basketball ecosystem.” The release said the coin would be launched on the Solana Network.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the NBA was still being hacked as the official X/Twitter account reposted the press release multiple times. Shortly after the reposts, the league seemingly took control of the account, as the reposts were quickly deleted.
NBA fans thought an insider’s account was hacked after reporting the Luka Doncic trade
Being hacked is not a good look for the NBA, but something like this happens on social media once in a while. The last time something like this happened to the NBA was last month when the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. ESPN’s Shams Charania broke the news of the trade, which led to many believing that his social media account was hacked.
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Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case, and Doncic is now teammates with LeBron James. And while that may be a good thing for the Lakers, Mavericks fans are still upset with the trade.
“The Mavs have always talked about caring about the fans and caring about the players and everything,” Mavericks fan Carlos Garcia said to ESPN last month. “And they just did Luka wrong with the way they talked about him, the way they handled this trade.”
After the trade was made, Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison explained why he traded Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis. “We’ve had a vision and a culture that we’ve wanted to create since we’ve been here and the players that we’re bringing in we believe exemplify that,” Harrison said, per FOX 4. “We think defense wins championships, and we’re bringing in one of the best two-way players in the league.”