Circle CSO’s Twitter account breached by scammers

According to an official post on Mar. 22 from Circle, issuer of the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, the Twitter account for its chief strategy officer (CSO) and head of global policy Dante Disparte has been compromised. In a previously deleted Tweet, Disparte’s account reportedly began promoting fake loyalty rewards to long-time users of USDC. 

@ddisparte Twitter account was hacked. https://t.co/pItTHAG9Al

— Jeremy Allaire (@jerallaire) March 22, 2023

Previously before the compromise, Disparte’s account tweeted about the firm’s regulatory developments and its participation in the ongoing Paris Blockchain Week. The security breach came less than a month after the stablecoin briefly depegged due to reserve deposits left in custody of defunct American tech bank Silicon Valley Bank. The incident has since been resolved and USDC has repegged, albeit a tiny variance with the stablecoin’s peg still exist at the time of publication.

At the time of publication, four Twitter posts left by the alleged scammer in Disparte’s name were removed. Only three posts with generic comments on the recent events surrounding USDC remain standing:

This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.