EigenLayer's X Account Hacked, Promoting Fake Airdrop

- According to multiple online reports, the official X account of restaking protocol EigenLayer has been hacked.

- On October 18, the account posted a post promoting a fake airdrop campaign targeting users who qualified for the previous distribution.

- Anonymous investigator ZachXBT warned users via Telegram, advising against clicking any links.

- Mudit Gupta of Polygon Labs and DeFiLlama also confirmed the incident via Telegram and X.

- Posts from the hacked account contained malicious links to a phishing page, unrelated to EigenLayer.

- This is the second time EigenLayer has been hacked in October, following a $5.7 million hack earlier in the month.