Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin took to social media to share details about the hacking of his profile on X, formerly Twitter. The influential crypto figure confirmed suspicions that the account was targeted in a SIM swap attack allowing perpetrators to promote a crypto scam enticing victims with free digital collectibles.
‘Yes, It Was a Sim Swap’ — Buterin Reveals Hacking Method Employed to Breach His X Profile
Crypto celebrity Vitalik Buterin announced he has reestablished control over his T-mobile account used to compromise his profile on X. “Yes, it was a SIM swap, meaning that someone socially-engineered T-mobile itself to take over my phone number,” Buterin posted on Warpcast, the app of the decentralized social media Farcaster.
The co-founder of Ethereum also highlighted what he learned from the incident — a phone number is sufficient to reset the password of an X account even if it’s not used for two-factor authentication (2FA). “Can completely remove phone fr
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