IFTTT Linked to Wave of Scam Posts on X: Prominent Crypto Figures’ Accounts Compromised

IFTTT (If This Then That), a third-party auto-posting service, has been implicated in a recent scam outbreak on X involving bogus posts that prompted users to invest in a fake meme token named “PACKY” by sending Solana’s SOL to a particular wallet address. The scam notably affected the X profiles of notable figures in the crypto and tech industries, including a16z adviser Packy McCormick, Coinbase product director Scott Shapiro, and Twitch co-founder Justin Kan, all of whom found their accounts hijacked to promote the fraudulent token. Packy McCormick was among the first to alert his followers, stating, “This is not