Ethereum protocol EigenLayer has fallen sufferer to an X (previously Twitter) hack that shared phishing hyperlinks and really doubtless stole $800,000 from a single sufferer, based on safety analysts.

The primary phishing hyperlink, posted at 11:20 am, claimed that the “EIGEN stakedrop Phase 2 is now open,” and {that a} supposed provide of EIGEN tokens can be distributed. This submit has since been deleted. 

Nonetheless, a number of related messages have been uploaded by the account, together with a seven-part thread and a disclaimer warning that any posts past the ultimate one is perhaps phishing makes an attempt.

The hackers even uploaded an image of a canine sporting a flower headpiece to bait customers into clicking the dangerous hyperlinks.

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Safety analyst Rip-off Sniffer claimed, “EigenLayer’s X account was compromised and posted phishing tweets” and that the hyperlink could set up malware, steal secret restoration phrases, and have pretend metamask websites. 

Rip-off Sniffer additionally famous that somebody misplaced $800,000 value of mETH after signing a allow phishing signature across the similar time. “The victim very likely clicked the phishing tweet from EigenLayer,” it famous.

On the time of writing, the account remains to be sharing phishing hyperlinks.

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