Data leak
Tweet by CertiK
Primary Source ↗Incident Details
The Twitter account of the blockchain security company CertiK was hacked, then used to post tweets ostensibly warning of a massive crypto vulnerability and urging users to click a link to protect their wallets, but which instead linked the account’s some 340,000+ followers to a site that would drain their wallets if connected.CertiK quickly regained control of the account and deleted the tweets, later explaining that an employee had been contacted by a “verified account, associated with well-known media”. The journalist’s account, apparently compromised, successfully phished the CertiK employee by sending what looked like a Calendly meeting scheduling link, but what was in fact a malicious link used to take over the CertiK Twitter account.Blockchain sleuth zachxbt criticized CertiK, which describes itself as a leading blockchain security firm, for not protecting against the attack, and asked if they would be reimbursing phishing victims.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- On-chain theft (attributed by zachxbt)
- Vendor / Product
- CertiK Twitter
Timeline
- 2024-01-05 Breach occurred
- 2024-01-05 Publicly disclosed