Something happened to the PEPE official website—not a price crash this time, but a more covert front-end hijacking.

Hackers implanted malicious code on the official site, so when users clicked in, they were redirected to a phishing page—you thought you were operating on the official website, but in reality, wallet authorization may have already been handed over to the attacker. Even worse, losses like this are basically unrecoverable. Why PEPE in particular? Huge traffic, lots of retail investors, and virtually zero protection—it's a natural target.

Meme coins are already technically weak; most projects haven’t even undergone basic audits. This attack isn’t an isolated incident, but rather exposes a structural flaw in the entire sector: the front end can be taken over, and there’s zero protection at the user interaction layer. Attackers are targeting not just assets, but trust itself—once the community starts doubting “even the official site isn’t safe,” the collapse of consensus is deadlier than a price crash.

In the short term? On-chain trading volume will likely shrink, and newcomers definitely won’t dare to enter easily. But over a longer period, PEPE’s on-chain assets remain intact; the key is whether the community can withstand this wave of trust crisis. If the official team fixes things quickly enough and maintains transparency, this incident could actually filter out a wave of speculators, leaving behind those who truly believe in the project.

At the end of the day, this is a lesson for the entire meme market: for technically weak projects, front-end attacks will only become more frequent.