On the morning of 9/10, various well-known accounts on Twitter reported that the Twitter account of Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, was stolen. A phishing link sent by him has been reported to have affected many people; the post has been deleted as of press time. The former Vitalik did not post again.
Vitalik’s Twitter account was hacked, and many people lost funds and NFTs
Twitter celebrity @cobie tweeted on the morning of 9/10 that Vitalik’s Twitter account had been hacked, and tagged a Vitalik post (which has since been deleted).
According to the victim's post, the Vitalik Twitter account posted a claim for the Cosensys commemorative NFT. Many people clicked on this link and interacted with the wallet, resulting in the loss of assets.
WARNING! I JUST LOST A FEW PUNKS!
DON'T INTERACT! pic.twitter.com/lS4VvlHdVa
— chiefeditor.eth@encyclopediagalactica.eth ohgod.et (@BokkyPooBah) September 9, 2023
Hackers profit hundreds of thousands of dollars, NFT mocks Vitalik
On-chain detective ZachXBT notified the block explorer Etherscan that the address has been marked as a phishing address, with US$360,000 before the deadline;
This address has obtained a large amount of funds and NFTs, including NFTs such as CryptoPunk #3983:
Hackers even transferred some meme NFTs of Vitalik figures back to Vitalik:
Security companies: No one is safe
Security company Slowmist commented that if even Vitalik’s Twitter account can be hacked, then no one will be safe. Remember, many things that are too good to be true may be scams, so please be careful.
If even Vitalik's twitter account can get hacked then no one is safe.
Remember if it’s too good to be true, it’s probably a scam. Stay safe out there.
— SlowMist (@SlowMist_Team) September 9, 2023
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