NEAR Protocol Warns CEO’s X Account @BowenWang18 Compromised in Fake $1M NEAR Giveaway

NEAR Protocol confirmed on Sept. 5, via COINOTAG News, that the NEAR One CEO X account @BowenWang18 suffered an account compromise and was used to publish a fake giveaway falsely promising $1 million in NEAR. The NEAR operations team is executing immediate mitigation to restore administrative control and bolster operational security, and a formal security update will be issued through verified channels once full access is regained. Market participants and community stakeholders are urged not to interact with or redistribute the fraudulent message, to verify communications against NEAR’s official accounts, and to report the incident to platform moderators. This notice provides a measured, verifiable response to an identified crypto scam attempt without conjecture.