Buterin is the latest big name to have their account compromised.
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of the second-largest blockchain, Ethereum, had his X account hacked to portray a phishing site that reportedly drained over $800,000.The blockchain security resource PeckShield was among the first toabout the ongoing hack later last night, showcasing the suspicious post coming from Buterin’s account. It read that Consensys has decided to distribute “commemorative” NFTs to users. All they had to do was follow a link included in the post.
According to EvanLuthra, the total amount of funds lost exceeds $800,000. Additionally, the first publicly-claimed punk NFT, which perhaps makes it the first-ever minted one, was lost.In the hack, we just lost an iconic NFT. It wasn’t a normal punk; we lost the first publicly-claimed punk, essentially the very first NFT ever minted.
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