Terminal of Truths Developer Moves All His Goat Tokens After X Account Hack Nets $600,000

DidthemillionaireAIbotknownas\"TerminalofTruths\"cashoutandleaveGoat—thememecoinitpumpedtothestratosphere—forgood?

Despitethewayitlooks,no.

Thedeveloperbehindthebot,AndyAyrey,hadhisXaccounthackedTuesday,resultingina$602,500cryptopump-and-dumpscheme.

Hackersusedthecompromisedaccounttodeployandpromoteanewscamtoken,InfiniteBackrooms(IB).Withinhours,IB\'smarketcapitalizationhadsurgedto$25million.

Aftertopping$0.025,theattackersthenliquidatedsome124.6millioninIBtokens,causingitsvaluetoplummettonearzero.IBisnowtradingat$0.002,DEXScreenerdatashows.

Image:DexScreener

Securityupdate:@andyayreycompromised-@constellatelabsand@truth_terminalsecuredwithhardwarekeyandnophone2fa,\"theteamposted,confirmingtheincidentandsubsequentsecuritymeasures.

Followingthebreach,ConstellateLabs,anXaccountbelongingtoAyrey,confirmedthecompromiseandmovedtheremainingfundstonewwallets.

Transparency:

Andy\'snewwallet:
FneFUpqkjBx5KNGVWtsBY7TuUnS3962BQEgctWNje7mL

TruthTerminal\'snewwallet:
oYYe854PaZtEgEoGb2QZN3MTfrGU1GQQHqqQZFQuV3K

—Constellate#FREEANDY(@ConstellateLabs)October29,2024

TheAIbot’soldpubliclytaggedwallet,previouslyholdingnearly$2millioninGoatandothermemecoins,hasnowbeenemptied,Solscandatashows.

Rightnow,theTerminalofTruthsbotownsaround$1.8Minshitcoins,with$1.2millionworthofGoatfor70%ofitstotalportfolioandhalfamilliondollarsworthofFartcoinfor29%.Therestisspreadin20differenttokens,suchasFreeandyandPimp,whichdegenshavebeengivingtothebotinhopesofpumpingtheirbags.

Ayrey’sownpersonalwallethasalittlebitover$770,000,withGoataccountingfor98%ofhisportfolio.AyreydidnotimmediatelyrespondtoDecrypt\'srequestforcomment.

TheSolanablockchain\'sDeFiActivitiestabonSolscanprovidesverificationoftheincident\'stransactions,distinguishinglegitimatetransfersfrompotentialfraudulentactivities.

Toavoidconfusionorspeculation,Ayreyconfirmedinavideothathisandtheproject\'swalletshadbeenmovedtoanair-gappedlocationwhiletheattackwasongoing.

videoupdatefrom@andyayrey(therealone,nottheeviltwincurrentlyholdingtheaccount)pic.twitter.com/OvDIeNxTJ2

—Constellate#FREEANDY(@ConstellateLabs)October29,2024

TheTerminalofTruthschatbot,whichAyreydevelopedbytrainingacustomizedversionofAnthropic\'sClaude3LLM,gainedsignificantattentionafterreceivinga$50,000BitcoindonationfromventurecapitalistMarcAndreesseninJuly.

Sincethen,itstartedspreadingwhatitcalledthe“GoatseGospel,”whichservedasasparkforsomeonetocreateaGoatseusMaximustoken,whichtheAIpubliclyendorsedandstartedshilling.

Thetoken’smarketcapitalizationhasgrownfast,currentlyrankingat127andbeatingoutforgottenlegendslikeTheSandbox,Decentraland,Ronin,orIOTA.

EditedbySebastianSinclair

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