CertiK responded to the Twitter theft incident: A compromised media-related account contacted CertiK employees, resulting in a phishing attack

CertiK stated on its social media platform that "a verified account related to a well-known media contacted a CertiK employee, but the account seems to have been stolen, resulting in our employee being targeted by a phishing attack. CertiK quickly discovered the loophole and deleted the related tweet within a few minutes. The investigation shows that this was a large-scale sustained attack. According to the investigation, this incident did not cause significant damage."

This afternoon, CertiK's Twitter account was hacked and a phishing link was posted.