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Microsoft’s X Account Hijacked to Promote Clippy Meme Coin
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On Thursday, Microsoft’s official X account began making surprising moves, including following an account promoting an unofficial meme coin inspired by the MSFT stock ticker and Clippy—Microsoft’s paperclip assistant that bounced around early editions of Office.
Key facts
- The token in question trades as CLIPPY, and an X account called Clippy MSFT has been one of its louder promoters, talking up liquidity pools reportedly worth over $200,000
- The posts were removed and an apology tweet appeared roughly 30 minutes later—and that was deleted almost as quickly, though people were able to grab a screenshot of it
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- On Thursday, Microsoft’s official X account began making surprising moves, including following an account promoting an unofficial meme coin inspired by the MSFT stock ticker and Clippy—Microsoft’s
Summary
The account briefly promoted a Clippy-themed meme coin, which Microsoft later said was unauthorized. In July, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account was hijacked for a fake meme coin, using the same playbook. The posts were removed and an apology tweet appeared roughly 30 minutes later—and that was deleted almost as quickly, though people were able to grab a screenshot of it. The team have confirmed unauthorized access to their account on X, including posts that did not come from Microsoft.