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Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath said his personal X account was compromised on Wednesday as he fell victim to a phishing attempt. The attackers gained access to a single login session and shared a few scammy cryptocurrency links, he told to his 7.4 lakh followers.

Kamath said due to a "momentary lapse in attention", he opened a phishing e-mail that morning while at home browsing on his personal device.

He shared a screenshot of the e-mail which showed a security alert about a 'suspicious login' via his X account. A closer look showed the ID name of the account was quirky.

Explaining the chain of events, the billionaire entrepreneur said the phishing e-mail managed to evade all sp

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