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Near Protocol ‘darkness’ and ‘sovereignty’ tweets raise hack suspicion

Near Protocol’s X account posted a 27-second long Morse Code video without providing any context. Cointelegraph decoded the message, which read, “Darkness is coming.”

Two hours after the cryptic message was tweeted, Near’s X account posted four consecutive tweets using a difficult-to-read gothic font, widely used by heavy metal bands. The messages said, “the sun rises in the east,” “take back your thoughts,” “darkness,” and “reclaim your sovereignty.”


Near Protocol did not respond to Cointelegraph’s request for comment.