What Happened

What Happened: An alert from blockchain security firm PeckShield revealed that a million OP tokens, worth around $874,000 at the time, was sent to Buterin’s Ethereum

Why This Hacker Sent 1M Optimism Tokens To Vitalik

Optimism Hacker Sends 1 Million Tokens to Ethereum Founder

The inventor of Ethereum Vitalik

Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum’s security expert Yoav Weiss have received one million OP tokens each from the hacker supposed to be a whitehat. Marketmaker Wintermute

Hacker Optimism sent 1 million OP tokens to Vitalik Buterin’s wallet

The inventor of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin was the unintended recipient of 1 million OP tokens from this network’s scalability solution Optimism. The team behind this

Now

Why This Hacker Sent 1M Optimism Tokens To Vitalik Buterin

Now, the hacker has made their next move, sending one million of the stolen OP tokens to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s wallet. OP tokens are the native tokens of

Buterin wasn’t the only one to have received the stolen OP tokens. Earlier today, the hacker reportedly sent 1 million OP tokens to Yoav Weiss a hacker at the Ethereum

According to PeckShield

Optimism Hacker Sent Vitalik Buterin 1M Stolen Tokens

According to PeckShield, the attacker who stole 20 million Optimism (OP) tokens intended for cryptocurrency marketplace creator Wintermute sent 1 million of those

Why did Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin receive 1M stolen OP Tokens?

The inventor of Ethereum Vitalik

The inventor of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin inadvertently acquired 1 million OP tokens from the network's scalability solution, Optimism. The team behind the project

Why did this hacker send 1 million OPs to Buterin?

Hacker transfers 1 million Optimism tokens to Vitalik Buterin after