A hacker took control of Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin’s X (formerly Twitter) account over the weekend and promptly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of high-profile NFTs.
In a now-deleted post, Buterin's account advertised what appeared to be a link to a free NFT celebrating “Proto-Danksharding,” in partnership with Consensys, the company behind the MetaMask crypto wallet. Instead, when users clicked on the link and connected their wallets, the hacker drained their assets. In total, the exploit netted about $690,000 for the attacker, according to crypto sleuth @ZachXBT.
