@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
I am so grateful for the outpouring of community support immediately as the hacker took control and posted tweets with malicious links. Many immediately knew it was not me and started spreading the word. I am grateful to everyone who was able to get in touch with contacts at
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
Hey all, this is Zeneca. I'm really sorry for what happened / is happening in relation to my Twitter account being compromised. I have very little idea of how it happened. I had 2FA on using Google Authenticator, and my physical device(s) haven't left my sight all night. ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
Twitter and get the account locked down in a very quick amount of time. I am grateful to everyone who reported the tweets to ensure they would get flagged and removed. I am extremely grateful to @NFTherder who was able to get the domain suspended in record time. I am grateful
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
to my mods and the entire team at ZA/333 who were on the case with discord announcements within a minute or two of the news breaking. I am grateful to @yugalabs for announcing yesterday that they suspected an attack would be coming. It allowed many of us to be on high alert. I
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
am grateful that I posted a warning in both the ZA and 333 discord servers to try and keep an attack front of mind for everyone. I regret not making a similar announcement on twitter, but live and learn. I am perplexed as to the exact attack vector -- in haste, as the events
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
were unfolding, I postulated that this was an inside job. It might be, but I have no real evidence that it was/is. I only know the security measure I took, not all the possible attack vectors a sophisticated attacker might be able to use. I will be sure to share as much context
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
and information about what happened as I continue to learn more and get to the bottom of it all, in the hopes that others can learn and better protect themselves and their communities (and the wider community at large). I am extraordinarily saddened for anyone that fell victim
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
to the hacker and interacted with the malicious website/contract and lost assets. I have no idea of the extent of the damage. I am writing this before knowing everything. I don't know that I will be able to make everyone whole. I don't know if that's the best precedent to set, or
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
to continue. When The 333 Club Discord was hacked a few months ago, I met the victims part-way and compromised with what I felt was a fair result. I am not sure I will be able to do that in this case, or if that's the best precedent to set, or continue. What I
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
can promise though is that I will do whatever I can, in a reasonable and meaningful manner, to help anyone impacted by this. It might be taking down wallet addresses and finding some way in the future to help. It might be spending 20 minutes on a call talking through what
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
happened and how to prevent it happen in the future. I don't know. I am here to help on a personal, individual level -- but also this has just re-ignited the fire inside me to do my utmost to put out more, and better, content relating to best security practices. We are never
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
going to 'go mainstream' as long as stuff like this keeps happening, and it is going to keep happening as long as it is profitable and worth it for 'the hackers' to invest time into it. Ironically, not 4 hours ago I had a call with a few people working on a protocol layer to
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
assist on an infrastructure level. We need better infrastructure solutions, and we need better education. I can't help on the former, but I will do everything I can on the latter. Once again - I am so sorry to anyone impacted by this. Please join the ZA discord and open a
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
support ticket and our wonderful team will be on hand to assist you -- I will also be there talking to as many people as I can. My account has been locked down and is in the process of being restored to me. One final thank you to EVERYONE in the community who swiftly spread
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
word of this. Within seconds of the malicious tweets going out, I had dozens of messages and notifications across various channels. Say what you want about our space but there are so many wonderful people here, and we're all looking out for one another. The best thing we can do
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@ZenAcademy
ZenAcademy ๐Ÿ”ฎ
2 years
is learn from our experiences and be there for one another. Empathy goes a long way. It's heartwarming to see the community band together and support one another in times like this. I'll do a proper post mortem as I gather more information. - Zeneca / Roy ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ™
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@TheMetaSail
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2 years
@ZenAcademy_ How to get in touch with Twitter insiders quickly and not go through the usual route?
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