Vitalik Buterin's X account was hacked to promote a crypto scam, leading to an estimated $650K+ of assets being stolen; the tweet was deleted within 20 minutes
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Discussion
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@cz_binance
@cz_binance
on x
Vitalik's Twitter account got hacked. Use common sense when reading content on social media, even from large KOLs. Twitter's account security is not designed as financial platforms. It needs quite a bit more features: 2FA, login id should be different from handle or email, etc...…
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@zachxbt
@zachxbt
on x
@cobie $147K drained so far [image]
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@zachxbt
@zachxbt
on x
@cobie Update: $691k drained (another 33% in drainer fee address) [image]
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@wublockchain
Wu Blockchain
on x
The Twitter account of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is suspected of being hacked and posting phishing links. The tweet containing the phishing link has been deleted. Previously, the founder of Uniswap and member of the Ethereum Foundation also encountered similar things. […
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@punk9059
@punk9059
on x
Vitalik's Twitter was compromised. Two grail punks stolen, among other NFTs. [image]
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@zeneca
@zeneca
on x
Vitalik's X account was compromised 😞 - NO account is ever 100% safe - Even with the most robust 2FA set up, using a physical key, if an X insider is compromised (as has happened before) anyone is susceptible - Use a hardware wallet - And only ever mint from a hot wallet [image]
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@josephmenn
Joseph Menn
on x
I mean, as opposed to....
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@bobloukas
@bobloukas
on x
Imagine reading this Vitalik tweet, offering a free open edition NFT by a company (tens of thousands would get minted and become worthless) and connecting a wallet with 6figure assets. I mean, the hacker was dumb enough to say you had 24 hrs!!! Speechless. We're so early. [image]
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@dubzyxbt
@dubzyxbt
on x
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 The hacker that took over vitalik's Twitter account has been identified as Samuel Whitcomb Hyde. Using the online alias “Ghost of Kyiv” Samuel was able to steal over $1,000,000 in memecoins, NFTs, and cryptocurrency through this exploit. [image]
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@0xquit
@0xquit
on x
Vitalik Buterin, the man who has to catch multiple flights to recover his private key, has literal swiss cheese for twitter security. It's so over.
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@web3isgreat
@web3isgreat
on x
Almost $700,000 stolen so far, per @zachxbt (though this counts notoriously difficult-to-value NFTs) https://twitter.com/...