India, Oct. 16 -- Zerodha co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath revealed that his personal account on X was hacked after he accidentally clicked on a phishing email. Sharing details of the incident on the microblogging platform, Kamath said that the incident occurred early morning on Wednesday when he was at home browsing on his personal device. He said the email "got through all spam and phishing filters," and in a "momentary lapse in attention," he clicked on the 'Change Your Password' link and entered his credentials.

"The attackers gained access to a single login session, using it to tweet a few scammy cryptocurrency links," Kamath explained. Fortunately, he said he had two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled, which prevented the hackers ...