Following the unauthorized access on our official X channel, the Cardano Foundation is pleased to confirm that we have now re-established control. Normal posting will now resume.

We greatly appreciate all of those who acted quickly to alert us of the issue. A special thanks goes to the Cardano community and our broader network of contacts and peers for their invaluable support.

The unauthorized content posted from this account between 8 December at 13:00 CET and 12 December at 17:00 CET was entirely unfounded and does not reflect the views or endorsements of the Cardano Foundation. We can confirm that no other Cardano Foundation systems were affected during this incident. A comprehensive investigation is underway to identify the attacker(s), determine the root cause, and implement measures to prevent future occurrences.

The message below is signed by one of the Foundation’s Interim Constitutional Committee (iCC) hot keys and can be verified on https://t.co/58WK79Bh6v.

Message:

"The Cardano Foundation can confirm that we have re-established control of the X account. Normal posting has now been resumed."

PubKey: "a40101032720062158201a286e516421ea9ed077792a7aa2ee102161ca73a6aedba9b0a2a866b34dd58d"

Signature: "845829a201276761646472657373581c5aeebb30627ef25c98b2a5f5cb71c69581053772e472ed8792b4605ca166686173686564f5581cb85a689c6af5b91eedb8c376e3656a36c1048eb91b5ec0fbf9f846185840d8216b4212206e033f262db490cf7cba11b7eabe717362def322699c71e2696eff4cb36423fb0613bc0b93bd425d80b965b5529a7b0d2fe34b2752c28e812d03"