EigenLayer
Twitter Account Hacked
to Share Ethereum Airdrop Scam
EigenLayer Twitter Account Hacked to Share Ethereum Airdrop Scam
A hacker published a series of posts Friday from EigenLayer's Twitter
account, urging users to click on an apparent phishing link.
By Liz Napolitano
Oct 18, 2024 Oct 18, 2024
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The developer of Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer has confirmed that
hackers hijacked its Twitter (aka X) account on Friday, shortly after
suspicious posts appeared on its feed.
A series of posts advertising a fake airdrop appeared Friday morning on
EigenLayer's account. The messages urged Twitter users to click on a link
to the Eigen Foundation's website, which was actually a phishing link.
“The @EigenLayer handle has been compromised,” the protocol's developer
Eigen Labs said Friday. “Please do not engage with any suspicious links and
actively double check and verify you are engaging with
'eigenlayer.xyz.' An update will be provided once secured.”
The @eigenlayer handle has been compromised. Please do not engage with any
suspicious links and actively double check and verify you are engaging with
' https://t.co/tg4hzOLtP5 '.
An update will be provided once secured.
— Eigen Labs (@eigen_labs) October 18, 2024
The links in question appeared to be wallet drainer scams that could swipe
assets from any wallet that had authorized access. The scam apparently bilked
at least one unsuspecting victim out of at least $800,000 in cryptocurrencies• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта,
security analyst Scam Sniffer reported Friday.
The first of the scam posts, which appeared at around 7am ET, advertised a
supposed reallocation of EIGEN tokens from EigenLayer’s Season 2 airdrop,
according to blockchain• Информационные технологии » Информационно-коммуникационные технологии » Информационные технологии и телекоммуникации » Базы данных » Публичная база транзакций » Блокчейн
• Высокие технологии » Информационные технологии и телекоммуникации » Базы данных » Публичная база транзакций » Блокчейн security firm PeckShield Alert. A series of subsequent
posts used various tactics to get users to click the same scam link.
One post included a photo of a dog wearing a flower-adorned headpiece to
entice victims to click on the link.
The claim period for Season 2 of EigenLayer’s stakeholder airdrop ended last
month , however.
It is unclear if EigenLayer has regained control of its account yet. Eigen
Labs did not immediately respond to Decrypt 's request for comment.
Edited by Andrew Hayward
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