Attackers hacked the X profile of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. This was announced by his father Dmitry Buterin.
Disregard this post, apparently Vitalik has been hacked. He is working on restoring access. https://t.co/2fjM0GhvIa
— dima.eth (@BlockGeekDima) September 9, 2023
The post has now been deleted. Apparently, the co-founder of Ethereum has restored access to his profile. At the time of writing, he had not commented on the incident.
The scam post offered “commemorative NFTs to celebrate the arrival of Proto-Danksharding on Ethereum.” The option increases blockchain throughput and reduces fees for L2 solutions based on Rollups technology.
According to blockchain analyst ZachXBT, the amount of damage exceeded $691,000.
Update: $691k drained (another 33% in drainer fee address) pic.twitter.com/AVIShqDlMU
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) September 9, 2023
Among the stolen NFTs are CryptoPunk #3983 for 153.62 ETH (about $250,000 at the time of writing) and CryptoPunk #1751 for 58.18 ETH (~$95,000).
rip pic.twitter.com/2rYrXq0mnP
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) September 9, 2023
User under the pseudonym BokkyPooBah toldthat he was the one who lost two non-fungible CryptoPunks tokens.
Source: Cryptocurrency
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