It's been a bit of a crazy week for us here on the blockchain(s). With the US debt ceiling crisis dragging on and on, there has been a lot of ups and downs with the market. Today, we finally may have gotten some relief from that, only to be hit with a whammy from left field.
It is time again for another Finance Friday/Friday Finance. This is a series I started where I talk about random bits of financial stuff that I have seen, gathered, or experienced during the week. I hope as a reader you find it informational, entertaining, or both. I also hope it can generate some good discussion and edify the Leo community.
I woke up this morning to see that there was an announcement in the Leo Finance Discord. Something from 
I clicked the link to the airdrop (that was the announcement by the way), and looked at the page, but realized I needed to get ready for work, so I shut it down and forgot about it. After my workout and shower I got back on my phone only to see that I had alerts in other communities.
Good old 
Accounts are getting blocked for speaking out. It's definitely a scam. I jumped over to the Leo Telegram and that seems to be intact for now.
Unfortunately, I have a feeling a lot of accounts are going to get rekt today.
What I love though is the fact that the Hive community as a whole is looking out for each other. People are writing posts like this, other community servers are posting announcements and warnings in their servers. I know a lot of people aren't going to see those, but many are and it will make the difference for them.
I haven't been kicked out of the Discord yet, so I have been keeping an eye out for people I know and letting them know via DM that it is a scam.
I don't know much about this sort of thing, but to me this looks like it was a pretty well planned hack. To have the site up and running and ready to go feels like it might have taken a bit of time. Either that or they had AI do it.
I was trying to look for more finance stuff to write about today, but honestly, this is going to be the big news of the day if not the week.
Leo is going to have a difficult road ahead of them to regain credibility. I hope they are transparent about how this hack could have taken place. No 2FA? Simple passwords? This isn't good optics for sure.
My best advice.... If you are still in the Leo Discord, keep an eye out for friends or acquaintances and let them know what it up.
As a community we might be able to help mitigate the risk here. Like I said though, there are still a lot of people who are going to get rekt today. I already saw a post in Telegram saying "all my BTCT is gone".
Be safe everyone!
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