Sydney Sweeney's phone number and X account hacked to promote crypto scam

Sydney Sweeney’s phone number was hijacked on the same day hackers seized control of her X account to promote a cryptocurrency meme coin scam, according to a recent report.

A copy of a Verizon Wireless receipt from July 2 was posted online and acquired by technology news site 404 Media, indicating that changes were made to the “Euphoria” star’s account.

“Hi SYDNEY SWEENEY, Thank you for your order,” the paper read. “If you have any question [sic], please feel free to contact me.”

An iPhone and its box were shown next to the receipt in the photo.

The outlet suggested that the 26-year-old Emmy nominee was a victim of SIM swapping, where hackers take over a target’s phone number and reroute text messages and phone calls to a device that the attackers control.”

A Verizon spokesperson, Richard Young, said in a statement to 404 Media that he could not “discuss a specific customer situation” but added, “Verizon takes customer privacy and account security very seriously. When an issue is brought to our attention, we work quickly to investigate and remediate the issue, and work to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”

The date on the receipt matched the day Sweeney’s X account was hacked, with someone tweeting about cryptocurrency.

“Well I think it’s time $sweeney is now live 100mc incoming,” wrote the hackers on the actress’s account. “At 10mc, 10% of the supply will be burnt.”

The post contained a link directing users to a newly created Pump.fun meme coin, which the hackers falsely claimed was endorsed by Sweeney.

The hackers informed the “Immaculate” star’s 1 million followers that she would “going live on spaces soon” to demonstrate “what $sweeney can do.”