Zerodha co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath on Thursday disclosed that his personal X account was compromised after he fell for a phishing email. Kamath shared the details of the incident, admitting the breach happened early Wednesday morning while he was at home.

In the post, Kamath shared that the phishing email managed to bypass all spam and phishing filters. “In a momentary lapse in attention,” he said, he clicked on a link titled ‘Change Your Password’ and unknowingly submitted his login credentials.

“The attackers gained access to a single login session, using it to tweet a few scammy cryptocurrency links,” Kamath explained. He added that he had two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled, which he said prevented the hackers from fully taking over his account.

Kamath emphasised that th

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