Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Says Hacker Used SIM-Swap Attack To Compromise X Account
Ethereum Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Says Hacker Used SIM-Swap Attack To Compromise X Account 1 minuto ang nakalipas Balita ng Ethereum ng Bitcoin Ethereum (ETH) creator Vitalik Buterin says that hackers used a SIM-swap scam to take over his account on the social media platform X to commit theft. In a new post on the decentralized social network Farcaster, Buterin says that whoever committed the offense took over his T-Mobile phone number. SIM swapping happens when scammers contact a mobile phone carrier and trick them into activating the scam target‘s phone number on a SIM card that they have. Once they have the SIM card activated they attempt to use it to intercept two-factor authentication codes (2FA) for the person’s accounts. After taking over Buterins X (previously known as Twitter) account, the fraudsters promoted a non-fungible token (NFT) scam and reportedly made off with $691,000. Sabi ni Buterin, He also says hes happy to be using Farcaster because his account recovery can be controlled by an Ethereum address. Farcaster co-founder Dan Romero tinatanggap Buterin to his platform last year.