Vitalik Buterin reveals X account hack was caused by SIM-swap attack
When I read that once they got into the account all the attacker did was post a link to a crypto giveaway scam, I briefly wondered why someone who managed to get into an account like this wouldn’t try to pivot it into something more sophisticated. Then in the next sentence we learn they made $700k off of the scam!<p>I’ve seen these giveaway scams  on hacked popular Twitter accounts for years, I’m surprised they’re still so effective. No need for an attacker to risk making $0 on a more involved attack when they can get easy cash like that, I guess.