Hackers took control of the Saudi Law Conference’s social-media account on X, using it to impersonate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and promote fraudulent cryptocurrencies.
In a series of now-deleted posts, the scammers used the name and image of the crown prince, who serves as Saudi Arabia’s prime minister, to promote an “Official Saudi Arabia Memecoin” as well as a “FALCON Memecoin.” The posts were accompanied by contract addresses to identify the tokens.
it should be obvious. but in case it’s not: the SaudiLawConf twitter has been hacked and repurposed, as confirmed on their insta.
there is no official saudi coin. pic.twitter.com/l8JdfIziuU
— barry (@badlydrawnbarry) February 17, 2025
The conference, a major legal event in the country, confirmed on LinkedIn that the official X account was compromised and advised users that any “content published through the account does not represent our views or official positions…
