Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin's X account was hacked and followers were duped out of $700,000 for fake NFTs

• Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin had his X account hacked, with hackers posting a malicious link.
• The link resulted in the theft of $691,000 from some of his 4.9 million users who followed it on his page. 
• The post was a fake announcement of a new non-fungible token series. 

A hacker gained access to the X account of ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and posted a malicious link to 4.9 million followers on Saturday. 

The post was disguised as a free commemorative non-fungible token from software firm Consensys. Users who clicked on it and connected their digital wallets in a bid to mint an NFT instead had their funds drained.