- Cybercriminals hacked Tom Holland’s Twitter, promoting a fake collaboration with Binance for ‘Spiderverse’ NFTs.
- Holland’s unusual crypto tweet was deleted after causing confusion; Binance didn’t confirm the partnership.
- Fans responded with memes and relief upon realizing Holland was hacked, not endorsing crypto scams.
On Tuesday, April 16, there was widespread speculation that cybercriminals had compromised the Twitter account of renowned actor Tom Holland, famous for his role in Marvel films. Holland, known for his relatively low profile on social media, surprised his 7.1 million followers with a post promoting cryptocurrencies.
The tweet suggested a collaboration with Binance to introduce ‘Spiderverse.’ It also linked to a site called spiderverse.app, prompting fans to register early for $SPIDER coin and Spiderverse NFTs.
The content of the tweet was unusual for Holland, who has never been associated with or discussed cryptocurrencies. Following the incident, the tweet was removed, and Holland has since been inactive on social media, leaving his fans puzzled and concerned. Moreover, there was no acknowledgment of such a partnership from Binance’s official social media accounts.
Additionally, the hacker posted a peculiar photo of a person with curly hair upside-down, alongside a caption that played on the famous upside-down kiss scene from Tobey Maguire’s “Spider-Man” movie, reading, “Would you kiss me while I hang from my web xxx.” This sparked indignation among Holland’s followers, who urged both the actor and X (formerly Twitter) to remove the misleading tweet to protect people from the scam. Users were also cautioned against clicking any links from posts purportedly by Tom Holland about cryptocurrency or NFTs.
Amidst the chaos, some fans used the opportunity to create memes about the situation, questioning the hacker’s bizarre choice of tweets with comments like, “How do you hack Tom Holland’s Twitter account and make the stupidest tweets ever instead of having your chance to fake tease Spider-Man 4 and go crazy?”
Conversely, there were those who expressed relief upon learning that Holland hadn’t actually endorsed the crypto scheme, with one person commenting, “okay nvm tom holland was hacked ???????? he is redeemed really thought we lost another man to disappointment!”
