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ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski Hacked on Social Media by NFT Scammers

The veteran NBA reporter boasts 6.3 million followers on X, formerly Twitter.

Madison Williams

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski Hacked on Social Media by NFT Scammers
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski Hacked on Social Media by NFT Scammers /

ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski was the victim of a hacking incident over the weekend.

Scammers peddling non-fungible tokens somehow got access to Wojnarowski’s account on X, formerly Twitter, and posted a link purporting to promote NBA Top Shot, an NFT venture on the decline. The post shared with his 6.3 million followers lured fans in by falsely stating that a “free NFT pack is available to all customers.” But, the scammers were just using the company’s name to trick fans.

The link posted was a .org domain instead of .com, which is what the real NBA Top Shot uses. The actual NBA Top Shot account subsequently posted a statement saying “There is NO Free Airdrop happening on NBA Top Shot at this time, Please be careful and always double check links.”

Wojnarowski’s post was taken down after about an hour, according to The Verge. The veteran NBA reporter never made a post clarifying that he was hacked, although many observers concluded that’s what happened.

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Madison Williams
MADISON WILLIAMS

Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News. Having graduated from Augustana College, she completed a master’s in sports media at Northwestern University. She is a dog mom and an avid reader.

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