{"id":152954,"date":"2023-09-10T06:45:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T01:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=152954"},"modified":"2023-09-10T06:45:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T01:15:21","slug":"vitalik-buterins-x-account-hacked-drains-691k-from-victims-report-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/vitalik-buterins-x-account-hacked-drains-691k-from-victims-report-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Buterin&#8217;s X account hacked, drains $691K+ from victims : Report &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-v-398ae7b2=\"\">\n<p>Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, had his X (formerly Twitter) account compromised, which, according to social media reports, resulted in victims losing over $691,000 through malicious links.<\/p>\n<p>In a Sept. 10 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlockGeekDima\/status\/1700648110735724564\">post<\/a>\u00a0on X,\u00a0Dmitry Buterin, the father of Vitalik Buterin, announced that his son&#8217;s account has been compromised:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDisregard this post, apparently Vitalik has been hacked. He is working on restoring access.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has been actively informing his 438,200 followers about the hacker&#8217;s actions, which have led to the illicit draining of $691,000 from Buterin&#8217;s followers through malicious links.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update: $691k drained (another 33% in drainer fee address) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AVIShqDlMU\">pic.twitter.com\/AVIShqDlMU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ZachXBT (@zachxbt) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachxbt\/status\/1700650151298089374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Consequently, this incident has led a user on platform X to claim they&#8217;ve suffered losses to their CryptoPunk NFT collection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As of now, the prevailing minimum price for a CryptoPunk NFT stands at 46.99 Ethereum (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/ethereum-price\">ETH<\/a>), which is approximately equivalent to $76,837.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WARNING! I JUST LOST A FEW PUNKS!<\/p>\n<p>DON&#8217;T INTERACT! <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lS4VvlHdVa\">pic.twitter.com\/lS4VvlHdVa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 chiefeditor.eth@encyclopediagalactica.eth ohgod.et (@BokkyPooBah) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BokkyPooBah\/status\/1700649557926064520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"post-content__disclaimer\">This is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, had his X (formerly Twitter) account compromised, which, according to social media reports, resulted in victims losing over $691,000 through malicious links. In a Sept. 10 post\u00a0on X,\u00a0Dmitry Buterin, the father of Vitalik Buterin, announced that his son&#8217;s account has been compromised: \u201cDisregard this post, apparently Vitalik has been hacked. 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