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Tim Beiko Account Compromise

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Incident Overview

The Twitter account of Tim Beiko, the core developer of Ethereum, was suspected of being stolen. He posted two tweets about "ETH airdrop" within half an hour with a phishing link(ether.fo). Users are asked not to click on suspicious links to prevent funds from being stolen. According to the analysis of SlowMist, the mastermind behind the scenes is PinkDrainer.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://www.panewslab.com/zh/sqarticledetails/cfppi2h7.html (opens in a new tab)

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