$700K in crypto and NFTs lost in phishing attack through Vitalik Buterin’s hacked X account

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s account on X (formerly Twitter) was compromised late at night on Sept. 9. Dmitriy Buterin, father of Vitalik, confirmed the hack through his X account.

Vitalik’s hacked account was used to promote a fishing link that stole crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from wallets that interacted with it. According to on-chain sleuth ZachXBT, the hacker has drained around $691,000 of assets from victims.