The Instagram account of the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection, which is expected to appear with a movie trilogy in the coming days, was stolen. Hundreds of NFTs were stolen, with losses exceeding $2.5 million.
Known as the world’s most popular NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht ClubThis time, it came to the fore with a tragic event. A hacker hacked the collection’s official Instagram account. Afterwards, the hacker, who shared that they could get free metaverse plots through this account, stole the NFTs from the users’ wallets with the links he sent.
The hacker, who prepared a fake website and sent the link of this site to users, gained trust because it was in the official account. On the page, consisting of two sentences and fake ‘The Land Airdrop’While there was an article describing it, the bottom button was connecting users’ MetaMask account to the site.
The value of stolen NFTs exceeds $2.5 million
The hacker, who stole more than a hundred NFTs from the accounts of those who linked their MetaMask accounts to the site, disappeared after Bored Ape Yacht Club announced on Twitter that their Instagram account was hacked. Fraudsters on TwitterWhat will happen next?‘ while waiting for an explanation from the collection’s account, there was also activity in the NFT market, where the robbery took place.
MetaMask wallet previously OpenSea The hacker, who linked it to his profile, first appeared on the platform with the NFTs he stole. Then came a first-hand statement about the profile hidden on OpenSea. OpenSea Head of Communications Allie Mackannounced that OpenSea’s terms of service prohibit fraudulently obtaining items or obtaining them without permission, thus banning the hacker’s account from the platform. 2.5 million dollars recorded as.
Saying that he was trying to contact the victims, the team behind the collection explained that they did not know how the Instagram account was stolen.
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