The official X accounts of SpaceX and Starlink appear to have been compromised, according to multiple reports circulating online. The reports describe an account named "Sam Catman," carrying an official SpaceXAI-affiliated badge, posting a scam coin. The official SpaceX and Starlink accounts then reposted Sam Catman's posts, pushing the token to their combined follower base.
The scheme ended the way these schemes end. Buyers who bought into the token were rug-pulled, with whoever controlled the coin pulling liquidity and leaving holders with worthless tokens. No figures are available yet on how much money was taken or how many buyers were affected.
The affiliation badge is the detail that separates this from routine impersonation. X's affiliate system is meant to signal that an account is formally tied to a verified organization. An affiliate-badged account promoting a scam token, amplified by the parent brand's own verified handles, suggests access to the company's account cluster rather than a lookalike operation running from the outside.
Key facts remain unconfirmed. SpaceX has not commented in the material available. It is not known how access was obtained, whether credentials, a third-party app, or an insider path was involved, or how long the posts remained live before removal.
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