Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s social media account was hacked and hundreds of thousands of dollars were stolen.
Phishing scammers targeted Vitalik Buterin this time and 10 September day X (formerly Twitter) hacked his account.
The attackers, who partially took over Buterin’s X account, were able to create a phishing scam. shared the post. Many users who clicked on this post interacted in total Cryptocurrency and NFT over $700K lost.
In the scam post in question, a limited-edition special edition NFT has been advertised and users quickly I was encouraged to recite.
On-chain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence data 700 thousand dollars between about 153 ETH worth 250 thousand dollars One CryptoPunk NFTand hundreds of Ethereums from more than one person were seen to be involved.
Binance CEO Warns CZ
A post shortly after the hacking attack by sharing Binance CEO warns people, especially the cryptocurrency community Changpeng Zhao (CZ)He also has a social media account “Elon era” He wrote that he was previously locked up due to similar attacks:
Vitalik’s Twitter account has been hacked. Use common sense when reading content on social media, even if it comes from highly approved accounts. Twitter’s account security is not designed like a financial platform. It needs some more features: 2FA, login ID must be different from handle or email. My Twitter account has been locked several times in the past due to hackers trying to brute force (trying different passwords over and over). This was before the “Elon era”.
According to CoinGecko data, Ethereum in the last 24-hour period 0.8% decrease by living from $1,611 is being traded.