American actor Dean Norris recently fell victim to a hacking incident. Scammers used X’s account (formerly on Twitter) to promote a scam meme coin named after him.
Norris, best known for his role as Hank Schrader on Breaking Bad, denounced the project. He declared that the dean was a scam.
On January 26, Norris posted a video on X clarifying rumors of his association with the coin meme column.
“Hey, this is Dean Norris, actually, and this whole crazy crypto shit was a complete fake scam. I was hacked, and I just got it back,” Norris said. He said.
The actor urged people to ignore the meme coin, explaining that it had been hacked and that the situation was all a scam. He expressed frustration with the accusations against him on Reddit and noted that he rarely uses the platform.
“I didn’t know I had been hacked until I started getting texts from friends saying it was there. I immediately reported it to X and it was resolved,” Norris books On X.
He also noted that some of the accounts that accused him of lying were actually involved in promoting the scam.
The incident began when Norris’ account posted a message announcing the launch of a new cryptocurrency, Dean, along with the contract address. In addition, the hackers shared a photo of the processed Norris holding a notepad with the currency symbol and a date written on it.
They also posted a fake video in which Norris appeared to confirm the legitimacy of the currency.
“Hey, it’s me, Dean, and on January 25th, he announced it was real,” the video falsely claimed.
At the time of reporting, several Dean Meme coins – some only a day or two old – were listed for trading on the market.
Norris joins a long list of people who have fallen victim to crypto scams. Hackers recently targeted former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s account to promote Brazil’s meme currency. Moreover, after the launch of the Trump Meme Coin, scammers cashed in $857.5 million in one week.
That’s not all. Beincrypto previously reported that crypto scams are on the rise, contributing an estimated $834.5 million in 2024 alone.
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Despite this, Ki Young Ju, CEO of Cryptoquant, challenged the idea that the coins were a scam. He compared the valuation of MEME coins to that of the art market, where value is built through narrative.
“If the very foundation of the Meme Coin market is viewed as a scam, then, by the same logic, the art market should also be viewed as a scam,” Yu to publish On X.
While the hype around Meme coins may fade, Ju believes the market will develop into a more mature form by 2030.
“I acknowledge Memes have a lot of problems right now, but I wanted to point out that their ultimate future may not be zero.” books.
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