Multiple fast-news outlets reported that Solar, the Chinese-speaking community account tied to Solana, has an official X account suspected of being compromised and currently inaccessible. A KuCoin flash update said the team is working with the platform and warned users that any requests for funds or sensitive actions posted under Solar’s name on X should be treated as scams, while pointing users to official updates via Solar’s Telegram and the Solana X account in the same notice.
Separate coverage from PANews also described the Solar X account as suspected hacked and temporarily inaccessible, with similar warnings not to click suspicious links.
Social account takeovers are one of the highest-conversion scam vectors in crypto because they borrow trust instantly. When a recognizable official account is compromised, attackers typically push one of three playbooks.
First is the “urgent update” link that leads to a fake site asking for wallet connections and token approvals, often using unlimited approvals that can drain funds.
Second is direct-message outreach posing as admins or support, asking for seed phrases, private keys, or “verification” transactions.
Third is fake contract addresses and ticker clones that appear credible because they are posted by the compromised account.
In short, the damage window is usually measured in minutes and hours, not days.
Until the account is fully recovered, the cleanest safe channel is Solar’s official Telegram group at Solar Solana中文社群, which is publicly accessible and widely referenced as the community’s primary hub.
For broader Solana-wide confirmations, Solana’s official Telegram group and the Solana account on X are commonly used for ecosystem safety notices.
The safest posture is to treat every Solar-branded X post or DM as hostile until a recovery confirmation is posted in Solar Solana中文社群.
Users who interacted with links from the compromised account should review token approvals immediately. If any approvals were granted, they should be revoked using a trusted approvals manager such as Revoke.cash, and wallet balances should be monitored for follow-on drains.
If a contract address was shared via compromised posts, the safest move is to avoid trading or claiming anything until the address is confirmed inside Solar’s Telegram and cross-checked on an official explorer.
The key confirmations are operational.
If Solar posts a signed statement in Solar Solana中文社群 referencing the incident and a recovery status, that is the strongest near-term indicator of control restoration. After recovery, a post-mortem that clarifies whether compromise was an X-side issue, credential leak, or social engineering will matter because it changes how quickly similar accounts could be targeted.
In the meantime, the most useful intel for users is the scam pattern itself: which domains, contract addresses, and approval prompts were pushed during the takeover window.
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