Replace: The stolen Mutant Ape Yacht Membership #8662 apparently belonged to the Taiwanese pop celebrity Jay Chou, which appears confirmed by himself through a put up on Instagram. Chou misplaced NFTs within the phishing assault at a complete worth of $550,000, together with the aforementioned MAYC, a Bored Ape Yacht Membership ape that was gifted to him by well-known Taiwanese singer Jeffrey Hwang, aka Machi Large Brother.
Chou additionally misplaced two NFTs of the Doodles assortment, which appears to verify that the Doodles Discord server has been compromised as properly.
One of the well-known and undoubtedly the most important NFT assortment on this planet by market worth, bought their Discord server hacked by an unknown hacker. The hacker gained entry to the Discord server that hosts Bored Ape Yacht Membership, Mutant Ape Yacht Membership and Mutant Ape Kennel Membership, all three NFT collections from Yuga Labs.
The workforce behind the Discord server confirmed the hack in a short tweet not containing a lot info or any particulars of the hack or its modus operandi. In accordance with safety firm PeckShield, the hacker managed to put up phishing hyperlinks within the Mutant Ape Yacht Membership channel.
“We aren’t doing any April Fools stealth mints”
This hyperlink was meant to be seen as a “stealth NFT mint” and one Mutant Ape Yacht Membership proprietor apparently fell prey to the phishing assault and Mutant Ape Yacht Membership #8662 was stolen from the person.
#PeckShieldAlert @BoredApeYC Discord compromised, MutantApeYachtClub #8662 has been stolen.https://t.co/bMQrBgxreU
https://mintboredapeyc[.com]/ is #phishing web site. Do *NOT* fall prey to it. https://t.co/NLMiIzKsR6 pic.twitter.com/mUlAkImvRY— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) April 1, 2022
The workforce behind the BAYC stated in a tweet that that they had “caught it [the hack] instantly”, although clearly not quick sufficient to cease any thefts, and warned customers to not mint any NFT utilizing a hyperlink posted on its Discord. The tweet from the workforce additionally reminded customers that “we aren’t doing any April Fools stealth mints/airdrops and so on.”
“STAY SAFE. Don’t mint something from any Discord proper now. A webhook in our Discord was briefly compromised,” the BAYC workforce wrote within the tweet. “We caught it instantly however please know: we aren’t doing any April Fools stealth mints / airdrops and so on. Different Discords are additionally being attacked proper now.”
STAY SAFE. Don’t mint something from any Discord proper now. A webhook in our Discord was briefly compromised. We caught it instantly however please know: we aren’t doing any April Fools stealth mints / airdrops and so on. Different Discords are additionally being attacked proper now.
— Bored Ape Yacht Membership (@BoredApeYC) April 1, 2022
“#PeckShieldAlert @BoredApeYC Discord compromised, MutantApeYachtClub #8662 has been stolen.https://etherscan.io/handle/0xad7f0a2427f93bc8fc178a73ae0d2d188682884f…https://mintboredapeyc[.com]/ is #phishing web site. Do *NOT* fall prey to it,” safety agency PeckShield tweeted, and printed the Ethereum handle of the hackers.
Doodles’ Discord hacked too?
In response to the announcement from the BAYC workforce, Piyush Khemka, software program engineer at Meta, identified that “there’s a very refined rip-off going round proper now within the Crypto house.”
“There’s a very refined rip-off going round proper now within the Crypto house. Couple of hackers purchased some verified accounts & are pretending to be BAYC founders. They’re charging 0.33 ETH to mint new digital cash. Keep secure on the market individuals. Crypto is really the wild west!,” Khemka tweets.
There’s a very refined rip-off going round proper now within the Crypto house. Couple of hackers purchased some verified accounts & are pretending to be BAYC founders. They’re charging 0.33 ETH to mint new digital cash. Keep secure on the market individuals. Crypto is really the wild west!
— Piyush Khemka (@piy9) March 24, 2022
Additionally, different customers have warned about comparable exploits and perhaps hacks, on the Doodles’ Discord server, Doodles being one other sizzling and extremely valued NFT assortment. At press time, the Doodles workforce has not responded to those alerts.
??? DOODLES DISCORD ALSO HACKED. NOT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE, BE CAREFUL!!! ???
— Farokh.eth (?, ?) (@farokh) April 1, 2022
