Key notes
- The pirates shared private details such as Gokal telephone number and the email address, urging the spammer subscribers.
- The messages, which also favored a coin, were visible for about 90 minutes before Meta intervened to regain control of the account.
- The Blockchain Zachxbt blockchain investigator suggested that social engineering tactics have been used to compromise Gokal’s accounts.
Sensitive data and Solana references
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The co-founder Raj Gokal was disclosed and shared via an Instagram compromise account from the Migos popular hip-hop group. The content disclosed has images of Gokal and his wife, with images sharing references such as passports and driving licenses.
The pirates have published at least seven images on Migos’ account, shared with its 13 million followers. Although the targeting of large -scale accounts to promote coins or execute carpet pull -ups is frequent, this case was remarkable for an apparent failure attempt.
Pirates asked 40 bitcoin
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From Gokal, as indicated by a legend accompanying one of the positions.
“You should have paid the 40 BTC,” said the legend. Likewise, another image had Gokal holding his passport and posted with the legend “it was only 40 BTC .. should have paid”.
Some of the messages included sensitive personal information, such as telephone numbers and email addresses. In one case, the pirates revealed Gokal’s personal number, urging spammer followers. Another article presented a photo of someone identified as “Arvind”.
Compromised publications were live for about 90 minutes before Meta’s intervention, the restoration of account control and the deletion of the content. Alongside the disclosed images, the pirates had also changed the Instagram biography of Migos to promote a piece of memes.
Here is how the account of the Solana founder was hacked
Blockchain investigator Zachxbt commented on the incident, speculating that Gokal’s personal accounts were probably compromised using social engineering techniques during last week. He noted:
“They tried to extort it for funds with the PIIs obtained. I guess he did not pay so they started hanging out and posted it after compromising Migos Instagram account today”.
Thank you for having really scrambled personal information unlike all the other counts on CT.
I think Raj’s personal accounts were designed and tried to export it for funds with the PIIs obtained. I guess he didn’t pay, so they started to troll and posted it after compromising … pic.twitter.com/cj2a2yafa6
– Zachxbt (@zachxbt) May 27, 2025
The co-founder of Solana, Gokal, had previously warned that he was a target for the pirates, who tried to enter his accounts. “The attackers tried to take control of my email, social media, google, apple, etc. last week. If you see something suspicious (launch of tokens, solicitation of funds, etc.), that means they have succeeded. Be careful.” He said.
The attackers tried to take control of my email, social media, Google, Apple, etc. Last week. If you see something suspect (launch of tokens, solicitation of funds, etc.), it means that they have succeeded.
Be careful there
– raj 🖤 (@rajgookal) May 20, 2025
The disclosed images seemed to look like your client verification files (KYC), which raises concerns concerning a potential connection to the recent violation of Coinbase data. However, there is no concrete evidence that proves the potential links between the two incidents.
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