{"id":84242,"date":"2023-09-10T11:33:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T08:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=84242"},"modified":"2025-09-12T16:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:11:16","slug":"hackers-hijacked-vitalik-buterins-x-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/hackers-hijacked-vitalik-buterins-x-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers hijacked Vitalik Buterin’s X account"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hackers hacked Vitalik Buterin’s X account, Ethereum co-founder, his father Dmitry Buterin said.<\/p>\n

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Data: \u0425<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\n“Ignore this post. Apparently, Vitalik was hacked. He is working on restoring access,” he noted.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The post has now been removed. Presumably, the Ethereum co-founder has regained access to the profile. As of this writing, he has not commented on the incident.<\/p>\n

The scam post offered a commemorative NFT<\/a> in honor of the arrival Proto-Danksharding<\/a> in Ethereum. The option increases blockchain throughput and reduces gas fees for L2 solutions<\/a> based on Rollups<\/a> technology.<\/p>\n

According to blockchain analyst ZachXBT, the damage amounts to more than $691,000.<\/p>\n

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Data: \u0425<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Among the stolen NFTs are CryptoPunk<\/a> #3983 valued at 153.62 ETH (about $250 000 at the rate at the time of writing) and CryptoPunk #1751 for 58.18 ETH (~$95 000).<\/p>\n

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Data: \u0425<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The user under the alias BokkyPooBah \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b<\/a>, that this was him who lost two CryptoPunk NFTs.<\/p>\n

In July, hackers hacked<\/a> X-account of Uniswap founder Hayden Adams.<\/p>\n

Earlier, attackers attacked<\/a> the profile of Circle\u2019s chief strategy officer Dante Disparte to promote a fake airdrop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Back in December 2022, unknown attackers hijacked the X account of Shark Tank star Kevin O\u2019Leary to promote a Bitcoin giveaway scam.<\/p>\n

In early 2023, attackers obtained control<\/a> over the Robinhood profile on social media to promote the fraudulent RBH token on the BNB Chain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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