On July 30, crypto investigator ZachXBT linked the hacks of Sydney Sweeney and Bob Odenkirk’s X accounts to convicted UK hacker Gurvinder Bhangu, aka Gurv. The compromised accounts promoted scam meme coins, generating $530,000 in stolen funds.
Sweeney’s account was hacked on July 2, leading to a Solana-based token, $SWEENEY, seeing over $10 million in trading volume. Reports confirmed Sweeney was a victim of a SIM swap attack.
Funds from the scam were swapped for Bitcoin and Ethereum before dispersing to multiple addresses. Similar tactics were used in Odenkirk’s hack on July 9, which stole fewer funds.
ZachXBT urges UK law enforcement to act swiftly against Gurv.
