EigenLayer (EIGEN) X Account Hacked in Phishing Scam Less Than One Month After the Token’s Launch
The social media platform X account behind a new Ethereum (ETH) ‘restaking’ protocol has been compromised weeks after the token’s launch. According to PeckShieldAlert, the social media account belonging to EigenLayer (EIGEN) was hacked with a phishing link this morning. “EigenLayer X account has been compromised. Do*NOT* click the phishing link eligible-eigenfoundation[.]org” Source: PeckShieldAlert/X It is not yet known how many people fell victim to the phishers. According to DeFi Llama, the protocol is the second-largest project on Ethereum with over $11 billion in total value locked (TVL). The account promoted multiple phishing scam links before being shut down. The EigenLayer X account has since removed all tweets and has yet to comment on the situation. The post came in the form of a link to an airdrop invitation, which led users to a malicious site. EigenLayer is an Ethereum-based restaking protocol that launched earlier thi...