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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"6ac9eff1-79d0-493a-93c7-b911b4287edc","kind":"publish","page_slug":"scatman-token-july-2026","published_at":"2026-10-13T19:22:07.861Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"SCATMAN Token (July 2026)","sections":[{"content":"Crypto Briefing reported that the official X accounts of SpaceXAI and Starlink were hijacked on Sunday, 12 July 2026, and used to promote SCATMAN, a memecoin on Robinhood Chain. PhishFort described the promotion as reposts by the official SpaceX and Starlink accounts of content from a lookalike account, \"Sam Catman\" (@SamCatmanRH), which displayed a badge that falsely linked it to SpaceXAI; PhishFort reported that the account was later suspended and that the combined follower base of the affected brand accounts exceeded 3.5 million. Bitcoin.com News reported that the companies regained control of the accounts, deleted the promotional posts and restored the accounts by Sunday evening. Onchain accounts Solanafloor and Lookonchain were reported as first flagging the activity.","heading":"Incident overview","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Crypto Briefing - SpaceXAI and Starlink X accounts hijacked in Robinhood Chain meme coin scam","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/spacex-starlink-hacked-robinhood-chain-memecoin-rug/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"PhishFort - SpaceX/Starlink account takeover and verified badge abuse","type":"research","url":"https://phishfort.com/spacex-starlink-account-takeover-verified-badge-abuse/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Bitcoin.com News - SpaceX, Starlink X accounts hacked, SCATMAN memecoin","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/spacex-starlink-x-accounts-hacked-scatman-memecoin/"}]},{"content":"Citing Lookonchain, Crypto Briefing and Bitcoin.com News reported that the attacker minted 10 trillion SCATMAN tokens and sold them across two wallets for about 73.7 ETH. One wallet reportedly sold about 59 ETH worth (about $108,000) and the second sold 59.28 million SCATMAN for 14.7 ETH (about $27,000). Dollar conversions differ by outlet: about $125,000 (Crypto Briefing; PhishFort) and about $135,000 (Bitcoin.com News). PhishFort reported that liquidity was pulled and the token's value fell to near zero, characterising it as a rug pull. These figures derive from Lookonchain's on-chain analysis as relayed by the news outlets; the wallet addresses were not independently verified for this page.","heading":"Token minting, sales and alleged proceeds","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Crypto Briefing","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/spacex-starlink-hacked-robinhood-chain-memecoin-rug/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Bitcoin.com News","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/spacex-starlink-x-accounts-hacked-scatman-memecoin/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"PhishFort","type":"research","url":"https://phishfort.com/spacex-starlink-account-takeover-verified-badge-abuse/"}]},{"content":"Reports conflict on the token's peak value. Crypto Briefing reported that GeckoTerminal data showed a market cap above $32 million, and Bitcoin.com News reported a peak of about $32 million with 24-hour volume of about $5.7 million. Crypto Briefing also quoted SolanaFloor saying the token rugged after hitting a $2 million market cap, and a KuCoin flash report cited a figure of about $2 million. PhishFort did not give a market cap. Because thinly traded newly minted tokens can show inflated nominal market caps, the $32 million figure should be read as a nominal data-aggregator value rather than capital actually invested; the reported seller proceeds were roughly $125,000 to $135,000.","heading":"Disputed market capitalisation figures","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Crypto Briefing","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/spacex-starlink-hacked-robinhood-chain-memecoin-rug/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Bitcoin.com News","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/spacex-starlink-x-accounts-hacked-scatman-memecoin/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"KuCoin News flash - SpaceXAI and Starlink X accounts allegedly hacked","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/spacexai-and-starlink-x-accounts-allegedly-hacked-to-promote-meme-coin-before-rug-pull"}]},{"content":"No reviewed source confirms how the corporate accounts came to repost the lookalike account. Crypto Briefing stated only that an account marked as affiliated with SpaceX retweeted the token, which SolanaFloor described as \"likely hacked\". PhishFort listed possibilities without confirming any: a compromised central dashboard, a vulnerable third-party marketing application, or an exploited API session token, and noted that affiliate badges require an organisation to formally link a secondary account to a verified parent profile. As of PhishFort's publication on 16 July 2026, it reported that SpaceX, Starlink and X had issued no public statement. The identity of the attacker has not been established in the sources reviewed.","heading":"Method of account access unconfirmed","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"PhishFort","type":"research","url":"https://phishfort.com/spacex-starlink-account-takeover-verified-badge-abuse/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crypto Briefing","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/spacex-starlink-hacked-robinhood-chain-memecoin-rug/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Bitcoin.com News","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/spacex-starlink-x-accounts-hacked-scatman-memecoin/"}]},{"content":"Bitcoin.com News reported that Robinhood Chain went live on 1 July 2026, and that Relay Protocol had warned of honeypot tokens on the network and said it was blocking such tokens as they appeared. PhishFort described the chain as about 11 days old at the time of the incident. Token deployment on the chain was reported to be permissionless.","heading":"Robinhood Chain context","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Bitcoin.com News","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/spacex-starlink-x-accounts-hacked-scatman-memecoin/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"PhishFort","type":"research","url":"https://phishfort.com/spacex-starlink-account-takeover-verified-badge-abuse/"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Crypto Briefing","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/spacex-starlink-hacked-robinhood-chain-memecoin-rug/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"PhishFort","type":"research","url":"https://phishfort.com/spacex-starlink-account-takeover-verified-badge-abuse/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Bitcoin.com News","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/spacex-starlink-x-accounts-hacked-scatman-memecoin/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"KuCoin News flash","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/spacexai-and-starlink-x-accounts-allegedly-hacked-to-promote-meme-coin-before-rug-pull"}],"summary":"On 12 July 2026 the official X accounts of SpaceX (@SpaceXAI) and Starlink were reported to have promoted SCATMAN (\"Scam Altman\"), a memecoin on Robinhood Chain, after which an attacker reportedly minted 10 trillion tokens and sold them for about 73.7 ETH (roughly $125,000 to $135,000 depending on the outlet's conversion). Reported peak market cap differs between outlets (about $32 million per GeckoTerminal data cited by Crypto Briefing and Bitcoin.com News; about $2 million in other reports). How the accounts were reached has not been publicly confirmed.","timeline":[{"date":"2026-07","event":"Robinhood Chain reported to have gone live (1 July per Bitcoin.com News).","source":"Bitcoin.com News","source_url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/spacex-starlink-x-accounts-hacked-scatman-memecoin/"},{"date":"2026-07-12","date_evidence":"The X accounts were hijacked on Sunday, July 12, 2026","event":"SpaceX and Starlink X accounts reportedly promoted SCATMAN; 10 trillion tokens reportedly minted and sold for about 73.7 ETH; posts later removed and accounts restored the same day.","source":"Crypto Briefing","source_url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/spacex-starlink-hacked-robinhood-chain-memecoin-rug/"},{"date":"2026-07-13","date_evidence":"Publication date: July 13, 2026","event":"Bitcoin.com News published report relaying Lookonchain wallet figures.","source":"Bitcoin.com News","source_url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/spacex-starlink-x-accounts-hacked-scatman-memecoin/"},{"date":"2026-07-16","date_evidence":"The article was published July 16, 2026","event":"PhishFort published analysis noting no public statement from SpaceX, Starlink or X and the access method unconfirmed.","source":"PhishFort","source_url":"https://phishfort.com/spacex-starlink-account-takeover-verified-badge-abuse/"}]},"v":1}