Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Gitcoin
Hack or exploit on Sep 1, 2023 · Account Compromise
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
On September 1, community users discovered that Gitcoin’s official twitter account was suspected to have been stolen. The thief had used the account to post some phishing information. On September 9, Gitcoin tweeted that it had regained access to the official Twitter account. In the details of the incident later released by the official, Gitcoin stated that it still did not know how the thief bypassed the 2FA verification, but it would continue to investigate and implement stricter security measures in the future.
Details
- Date
- Sep 1, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Account Compromise
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Gitcoin hack, Sep 1, 2023: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht57f3f6f756/ (data as of 2026-10-31).