Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
CertiK
Hack or exploit on Jan 5, 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
The Twitter account of the security firm CertiK was compromised. The attackers posted false information claiming that the Uniswap router contract is vulnerable to a reentrancy attack, along with phishing links. Subsequently, CertiK tweeted that "A verified account, associated with a well-known media, contacted one of our employees. Unfortunately, it appears that this account was compromised, leading to a phishing attack on our employee. "
Details
- Date
- Jan 5, 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, "CertiK hack, Jan 5, 2024: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htf1e3f19ead/ (data as of 2026-10-31).