‘Peaceful World’ Token Spoofs Traders Ahead of Now-Canceled Ukraine Airdrop

The "peaceful world" crypto token project was a spoof of Ukraine's much-anticipated (and now-canceled) airdrop.

Transactions on blockchain explorer Etherscan that appear as if the official Ukraine Donation Wallet is airdropping tokens to wallet addresses seem to be controlled by an outside party.
"What happened is they made the token transferrable by anyone without approvals," explained Twitter user @razoreth. "All you need to do is send all the tokens to a wallet and use their airdrop function to send tokens out from that wallet."
Etherscan has since flagged the token address as spam. "This token is reported to have been used for misleading people into believing it was sent from a well-known address and may be spam or phishing. Please treat it with caution," a notice on the site reads.
After the initial publication of this article, Ukraine's minister of digital transformation announced the planned airdrop was being canceled.

UPDATE (March 3, 10:46 UTC): Adds Etherscan notice.

UPDATE (March 3, 13:08 UTC): Adds announcement of airdrop cancellation.

UPDATE (March 3, 13:39 UTC): Changes headline.

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