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Vitalik Buterin fell victim to a cybersecurity attack on his social media account, leading to significant losses for those who fell for the malicious trap. On Sept. 9, Dmitry Buterin, father to Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin, announced on X (formerly Twitter) that his son’s account on the social network had been hacked. X users lose $691,000 to phishing scam The senior Buterin disclosed the information while cautioning X users against interacting with a now-deleted message from his son’s account apparently celebrating the coming of Proto-Danksharding to Ethereum. Disregard this post, apparently Vitalik has been hacked . He is working on restoring access. https://t.co/2fjM0GhvIa — dima.eth (@BlockGeekDima) September 9, 2023 The alleged hacker had shared what turned out to be a malicious link to a nonexistent commemorative NFT that required users to link their wallets, which were then drained of all funds. Notable blockchain analyst ZachXBT reported that the inci...

The co-founder of Webaverse said they somehow got their crypto hacked from their Trust Wallet during a meeting with two people claiming to be investors. The co-founder of Web3 metaverse game engine “Webaverse” has revealed they were victims of a $4 million crypto h after meeting with scammers posing as investors in a hotel lobby in Rome.  The bizarre aspect of the story, according to co-founder Ahad Shams, is that the crypto was stolen from a newly set up Trust Wallet and that the hack took place during the meeting at some point. He claims the thieves could not have possibly seen the private key, nor was he connected to a public WiFi network at the time. The thieves were somehow able to gain access while taking a photo of the wallet’s balance, believes Shams. The letter which was shared on Twitter on Feb. 7, contains statements from Webarverse and Shams, explaining that they met with a man named “Mr Safra” on Nov. 26 after several weeks of discussions about potential funding. “We con...