A Malicious Anonymous 4-chan user posted fake news about Vitalik Buterin's death in a "fatal car crash" today, with the aim of causing FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt).
The post simply read "Fatal car crash. And now we have our answer. He was the glue. It will be difficult for ETH to recover and the entire crypto sphere is in big trouble." This news unfortunately spread like wildfire on social media, with many asking if he was truely dead.
The man himself responded with a Twitter photo and the most recent ethereum block number and HASH, proving once and for all that he is indeed alive and well (the hacker equivalent of taking a photo with today's newspaper)
Goes to show you shouldn't believe everything on the internet!