The official Twitter account of the public chain project NEAR Protocol appears to have been compromised. Currently, its profile picture on Twitter has been changed to a solid black image, and its bio has been updated to display the word "Dark" with garbled characters. Around 4 AM, several strange tweets with garbled characters were posted, including "re claim your sovereig nty," "darkness," "take back your," and "The sun rises in the east." As of now, NEAR has not provided any explanation on its other official social media channels.