Hackers Put Ethereum Founder on Italy Ministry Twitter Profile

The Twitter account of Italy’s Ecological Transition Ministry was defaced in a cyber attack on Thursday, with institutions connected to the Rome-based government continuing to be targeted by hackers.

Hackers swapped the ministry’s profile title and photo with the account name and photo of Ethereum blockchain co-founder Vitalik Buterin. That came the same day the network completed the crypto world’s biggest and most ambitious software upgrade to date.

The ministry’s digital platforms, including its website and social media accounts, have been targeted repeatedly by hackers in recent months, though the underlying infrastructure has resisted the attacks, people familiar with ...