Near Protocol's Twitter Renaming Incident Clarified as Marketing Strategy

According to BlockBeats, on September 5, a member of the Near team clarified that the recent renaming of Near's Twitter account to 'Scam' was a marketing strategy aimed at promoting a hackathon event. This statement comes after earlier reports indicated that the official Near Protocol Twitter account had been compromised. At around 2:25 AM UTC+8 on September 5, the account was hijacked, and the hacker posted several messages criticizing the crypto ecosystem. Some of these posts have not yet been removed.