If you’re in an NFT Discord, be careful of the li🌼nks you click. A new scam sees hacౠkers crack into NFT Discord bots to trick users into sending cryptocurrency to “mint” fake NFTs.
, , and have all tweeted warnings to users that their Twitter bots have been hacked and are advertising new NFTs that are completely fake. Instead of taking users to legitimate NFT minting sites, the link directs users' crypto to a pair of crypto wallets that have been busily laundering their ill-gotten gains.
“Oh no, o♛ur dogs are mutating,” reads one message posted to the Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord (as verified by ). “MAKC can be staked for our $APE token. Holders of MAYC + BAYC will be able to claim exclusive rewards just by simply minting and holding our mutant dogs.”
Hackers are essentially performing a phishing scam, using the Discord bots to disguise the fake links as legitimate new offerings. Vice has c🐠onfirmed that the links direct users to two crypto wallets that have been labeled and on bl🦋ockchain explorer Etherscan, and that both wallets have been experiencing extensive activity over the past few days as the hackers attempt to launder their stolen cryptocurrency.
"STAY SAFE. Do not mint anything from any Discord right now. A web𓂃hook in our Discord was briefly compromised," reads a tweet from the BAYC Twitter. "We caught it immediately but please know: we are not doing any April Fools stealth mints/airdrops etc. Other Discords are a💖lso being attacked right now."
This isn’t the first time Discord bots of NFT channels have been targeted by hackers. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:A very similar hack happened to Twitch co-founder Justin Kan for his Fractal NFT project where 373 use🍒rs had their cryptocurrency stolen.
Hackers seem to be targeting NFTs as the best get-rich-quick scheme on the internet. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:NFT gaꦗm♌e Axie Infinity was hacked recently thanks to a security breach on its blockchain. Hackers m🐈anaged to steal around $600 million in crypt🌊o, although cybersecurity analysts have also identified the crypto wallets for where the stolen funds have been sent.