Vitalik Buterin’s X account hacked, draining $691Ok+ from victims : Report

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum (ETH) had his X (previously Twitter) account compromised, which, in keeping with social media studies, resulted in victims dropping over $691,000 by malicious hyperlinks.

In a Sept. 10 post on X, Dmitry Buterin, the daddy of Vitalik Buterin, introduced that his son’s account has been compromised:

“Disregard this submit, apparently Vitalik has been hacked. He’s engaged on restoring entry.”

The submit to which he was referring has since been deleted. It was allegedly made by the hackers on Buterin’s account to rejoice the arrival of “Proto-Danksharding on Ethereum.”

The hacker shared a malicious hyperlink to an alleged free commemorative NFT accessible, attractive victims to attach their wallets, earlier than in the end resulting in the victims dropping all their funds.

WARNING! I JUST LOST A FEW PUNKS!

DON’T INTERACT! pic.twitter.com/lS4VvlHdVa

— [email protected] ohgod.et (@BokkyPooBah) September 9, 2023

Consequently, this incident has led a consumer on platform X to assert they’ve suffered losses to their CryptoPunk NFT assortment. 

As of now, the prevailing minimal worth for a CryptoPunk NFT stands at 46.99 Ethereum, which is roughly equal to $76,837.

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Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has been actively informing his 438,200 followers in regards to the hacker’s actions, which have led to the illicit draining of $691,000 from Buterin’s followers by malicious hyperlinks.

Replace: $691ok drained (one other 33% in drainer charge tackle) pic.twitter.com/AVIShqDlMU

— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) September 9, 2023

A consumer on X claimed that Buterin may not have applied ample safety measures for his X account.

“I hate to be the one to say it, however Vitalik ought to take accountability for his poor op-sec and compensate these affected,” he acknowledged, earlier than implying that he believes Buterin’s oversight led to the assault:

The one manner this isn’t negligence on Vitalik half is that if somebody at X internally compromised the account, or if he was coerced in individual by a felony who threatened violence. I extremely doubt that’s what occurred. 

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