The news is spreading fast in the crypto space because some cannot believe that Vitalik did not protect his account better considering his level of business, because 2FA keys would help a lot in this case, but let's get back to the topic, ie.
last night Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin's Twitter (X) account was taken over and used to steal $700,000 in cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
When the account was taken over, it was used to advertise a fake commemorative NFT mint that allegedly had a time limit, encouraging users to mine them quickly. However, the link was to a phishing website that would confiscate cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
About $700,000 in cryptocurrencies and NFTs were lost to this phishing attack. This includes one CryptoPunk NFT worth 153 ETH ($250,000) and hundreds of Ether from multiple individuals. The NFTs were sold, and much of the proceeds of the attack remained in the hacker's wallet.
It is believed that the hacker used the popular Pink drainer software to carry out the attack. Some report that there is an underground world of bad actors who create and sell software to drop NFTs to those who want to carry out phishing attacks. Usually, those who buy the software return part of the reward to the creator of the drainage. In some cases, the creator will perform attacks using their own software.
Although a relatively new drainer, Pink has been widely used in multiple large-scale phishing attacks this year.
In these moments according to Etherscan
the scammer's wallet currently holds over $390,000 worth of assets.
I assume that extensive activities have been undertaken to find the thief, and I hope that everyone will get what belongs to them soon, because the basis is that everyone has what belongs to them.