The PEPE crypto community has recently reported a significant security breach that has impacted their former Telegram channel. According to their official update, the previously controlled Telegram channel has been compromised, with an unauthorized individual gaining control of the account under the username “lordkeklol.”
The administration of the Pepe meme coin chose to communicate this development with their community.
The unauthorized entity is alleged to have utilized the compromised account for the promotion of fraudulent activities. These activities included the endorsement of scams and the introduction of other cryptocurrencies to the Pepe community.
Protecting the PEPE Community
In response to this critical situation, PEPE has released a robust statement, underscoring the complete lack of affiliation between this individual and the PEPE community, whether they are current or past members.
To address the issue and safeguard their community, PEPE has called upon its members to act by reporting the compromised PEPE Telegram group as a “fake account.” The Pepe administration believes that collective action will lead to the removal of the fraudulent channel by Telegram.
Furthermore, the Pepe administration has announced plans to establish a new account with heightened security measures. Additionally, they have emphasized that all official communication from the project team will exclusively occur through their Twitter account.
Official Communication Channels
Simultaneously, the administration has alerted the community to another deceptive Twitter account posing as the compromised ‘lordkeklol’ account. The Pepe team clarified that the current Twitter handle @lordkeklol is unrelated to PEPE and should be reported for spam or impersonation.
It is worth noting that these notifications from the Pepe team have arisen following a previous incident where former internal members misappropriated 16 trillion PEPE tokens, equivalent to approximately $15 million at the time. The stolen funds were subsequently transferred to multiple centralized exchanges.