Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
Olaf
Hack or exploit on Jan 6, 2024 · 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
According to a report by Cointelegraph, the cryptocurrency venture capital firm Polychain Capital has confirmed that its founder and CEO, Olaf Carlson-Wee, has had his Twitter account compromised. Hackers have posted phishing links containing false airdrops. Polychain has urged Twitter users to avoid interacting with Carlson-Wee's account until further notice.
Details
- Date
- Jan 6, 2024
- 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, "Olaf hack, Jan 6, 2024: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htc54c087d6b/ (data as of 2026-10-31).