Overview

• Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao warned users not to click recent posts from @BNBCHAIN and said security teams alerted X, sought a suspension, and began recovery efforts.
• The compromised account promoted a fake HODLer airdrop and phishing pages impersonating bnbchain.org that urged users to connect wallets via WalletConnect.
• Security teams filed takedown requests for the phishing domains, and the airdrop posts were no longer available around 06:00 UTC.
• BNB Chain’s Chinese-language account confirmed the English handle was hacked and urged users to avoid all links, while a full post‑mortem has not yet been published.
• BNB’s price saw only a modest dip over 24 hours as commentators emphasized this was a social account takeover rather than a compromise of the chain itself.