Vitalik Buterin's X account hacked, draining over $691,000 from victims' wallets
Following the breach of the X account (formerly Twitter) of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, victims reportedly suffered higher losses to $691,000 due to a malicious link that falsely promoted a free NFT.
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Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum (ETH), has reportedly seen his X account (formerly Twitter) compromised. According to prominent blockchain investigator ZachXBT, the incident caused victims to collectively lose more than $691,000 after clicking on a malicious link.
In a September 9 post on X, Dmitry Buterin, Vitalik's father, announced that his son's account had been compromised:
“Ignore this message, apparently Vitalik has been hacked. He is working to restore access. »
The post he was referring to has since been deleted. It was posted on Buterin's account, claiming to celebrate the arrival of "Proto-Danksharding coming to Ethereum."
The hacker shared a malicious link to a supposedly free commemorative non-fungible token (NFT), tricking victims into connecting their wallets, before ultimately stealing all of their funds.
Therefore, this incident led Ethereum developer Bok Khoo, better known as “Bokky Poobah” on X, to claim that he suffered losses in his CryptoPunk NFT collection.
WARNING! I just lost a few punks!
DO NOT INTERACT! pic.twitter.com/lS4VvlHdVa
— chiefeditor.eth@encyclopediagalactica.eth ohgod.et (@BokkyPooBah) September 9, 2023At the time of publication, the current floor price for a CryptoPunk NFT stands at 46.99...
Following the breach of the X account (formerly Twitter) of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, victims reportedly suffered higher losses to $691,000 due to a malicious link that falsely promoted a free NFT.
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Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum (ETH), has reportedly seen his X account (formerly Twitter) compromised. According to prominent blockchain investigator ZachXBT, the incident caused victims to collectively lose more than $691,000 after clicking on a malicious link.
In a September 9 post on X, Dmitry Buterin, Vitalik's father, announced that his son's account had been compromised:
“Ignore this message, apparently Vitalik has been hacked. He is working to restore access. »
The post he was referring to has since been deleted. It was posted on Buterin's account, claiming to celebrate the arrival of "Proto-Danksharding coming to Ethereum."
The hacker shared a malicious link to a supposedly free commemorative non-fungible token (NFT), tricking victims into connecting their wallets, before ultimately stealing all of their funds.
Therefore, this incident led Ethereum developer Bok Khoo, better known as “Bokky Poobah” on X, to claim that he suffered losses in his CryptoPunk NFT collection.
WARNING! I just lost a few punks!
DO NOT INTERACT! pic.twitter.com/lS4VvlHdVa
— chiefeditor.eth@encyclopediagalactica.eth ohgod.et (@BokkyPooBah) September 9, 2023At the time of publication, the current floor price for a CryptoPunk NFT stands at 46.99...
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