Thursday, December 12, 2024
HomeNFTBored Ape Yacht Club Discord server has indeed been hacked

Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord server has indeed been hacked

According to a tweet from the team, the Discord server of Bored Ape Yacht Club, the largest NFT collection by market cap, was hacked on April 1.

An anonymous hacker obtained access to the official Discord server intended for members of Yuga Labs’ Bored Ape Yacht Club, Mutant Ape Yacht Club, and Mutant Ape Kennel Club. In the Mutant Ape Yacht Club channel, the hacker successfully posted a fake link. It was concealed as a stealth NFT mint which was used to steal Mutant Ape Yacht Club #8662 from one user, according to security company PeckShield.

The BAYC team stated in a tweet that it had “found” the problem right away. Nonetheless, the team warned users not to mint any NFT using a link shared on its Discord and informed watchers that no April Fools’ stealth mints were planned. “STAY SAFE”. Kindly, do not mint anything from any Discord right now. A webhook in our Discord was temporarily hacked, BAYC said in a tweet. We caught it right away, but please know that we will not be performing any April Fools stealth mints/airdrops, etc. Other Discord servers are also being targeted at the moment.

According to reports, the hacker may have carried out the assault using Ticket Tool, a famous Discord bot that produces support tickets automatically.

Twitter users have complained about a similar attack on the Doodles Discord channel, another famous NFT collection, but the Doodles company has yet to respond.

Hackers frequently use compromised Discord accounts to carry out phishing attacks on NFT collectors. Only a few weeks ago, the recently formed NFT collection, Rare Bears, announced that its members were victims of a similar crime and lost approximately $790,000.

Read more:

Vaishali Goel
Vaishali Goel
Technology enthusiast, explorer and academic scholar. Currently exploring the crypto world. Join me in my journey to see how crypto, NFT and Metaverse will change the world.
RELATED ARTICLES

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

four × two =

- Advertisment -

Most Popular