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NFTs Worth 200ETH Phished -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters BAYC Servers Experience Another Attack: NFTs Worth 200ETH Phished
  • 32 NFTs were stolen when Discord servers at BAYC or OtherSide are hacked.
  • Boris Vagner was the hacker behind this phishing attack.
  • Discord witnessed the third attack this year.

In yet another breach, the famous ape-themed non-fungible (NFT) collectibles Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) Discord servers were hacked over the last weekend, resulting in a loss of 32 BAYC NFTs worth 200 ETH ($381,280 at the time of writing).

The attack occurs just a month following a major loss suffered by the BAYC Discord Community due to a hacker’s social media account. Yuga Labs posted about the hack to their official Twitter account (NYSE.

Today’s exploits of Discord were only briefly discovered. It was quickly caught by the team and fixed. It appears that about 200 ETH of NFTs were affected.

Yuga Labs’ community manager, Boris Vagner confirmed that his Discord account was hacked and the cybercriminals posted phishing links via his account to OtherSide’s channels and on the NFT fantasy football club Spoiled Banana Society’s Discord account.

One member of Crypto Twitter Community, a Blockchain Detective, identified himself as OKHotShot and alerted investors to the hacking of 2 Discord groups linked to BAYC, OtherSide.

BAYC was the victim of two attacks similar to those that occurred earlier this year. They happened within a span of several weeks. The first one was when the website was attacked with malware allowing the hackers to steal customers’ personal information and crypto wallets from their phones. This attack phished approximately 286 ETH ($790,000).

The following attack was when the hackers managed to access Discord’s official account that hosted members of Yuga Labs’ 3 NFT collections — Mutant Ape Yacht Club, Mutant Ape Kennel Club, and Bored Ape Yacht Club.

Discord, while the preferred option for NFT community builders is a great choice, there are many security risks. BAYC is still one of the most successful collections, as it has the highest land sales.

The security system needs to be updated as BAYC’s collections grow. The community might consider moving away from Discord to their own platform.

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