Azuki, a popular nonfungible token (NFT) project, had its Twitter account jeopardized on Jan. 27, resulting in hackers taking over $750,000 worth of USD Coin (USDC) by posting a malicious “wallet drainer link” posing as a virtual land mint.Hackers stole

$ 751,321.80 in USDC from a single wallet within half an hour of the malicious links being tweeted, according to Etherscan information provided to Pandoraland by crypto wallet security firm Wallet Guard.The data likewise revealed that hackers took a more$6,752.62 worth of USDC from numerous wallets holding 11 NFTs and over 3.9 Ether(ETH). Wallet Guard mentioned that the total quantity stolen was$758,074.42.

Emily Rose, community manager for the anime-inspired NFT project, validated through Twitter on Jan. 27 that the Azuki account was hacked, cautioning users not to click any links from Azuki’s Twitter account.AZUKI OFFICIAL TWITTER ACCOUNT IS HACKED.DO NOT CLICK LINKS FROM OUR ACCOUNT.PLEASE RETWEET.– Rose|| ⛩ NGL (@emilyrosemcg)January 27, 2023
Azuki’s head of neighborhood and item manager,
Dem, explained on

a Twitter Space hosted by Wallet Guard on Jan. 27 that fraudsters were able to” publish a wallet drainer link”after gaining control of Azuki’s Twitter account.Dem advised users to” stay safe and remain suspicious

“while the group tried to restore control of the account. A number of hours later Azuki specified that it had restored control of its Twitter account through a tweet:1/ The @AzukiOfficial Twitter was compromised today. A series of malicious tweets were published throughout the morning of Friday, Jan 27th (Pacific Time ). The group has actually restored control of the @AzukiOfficial Twitter. Details below– Azuki(@AzukiOfficial)January 27, 2023 This was verified by Rose and Dem retweeting the announcement.Liz Yang, head of growth at Chiru Labs, the company behind Azuki, informed Pandoraland that the team is”currently in contact with Twitter and investigating the breach,”noting that Azuki”will supply an update once we have more information.”Related: Hackers take over CoinDCX Twitter account, promote fake XRP advertisements Ohm Shah, the co-founder of Wallet Guard, told Pandoraland that

“it does not matter”if an account is official or validated and users ought to treat whatever as suspicious up until tested otherwise.

Shah noted:”Do

n’t be the first individual that clicks the link. It’s much better to be paranoid in Web3 than not.”Upon Azuki restoring control of the account, it stressed to its fans in a tweet to constantly”head out on numerous channels” to confirm announcements.It also noted to reach

out to the Azuki”mod group”on Discord when in doubt.This news comes after stock

trading platform Robinhood’s Twitter account was jeopardized on Jan. 25. The hackers pressed Robinhood’s fans to each pay $0.0005 for a token called”RBH” on the BNB Smart Chain.Conor Grogan, the head of item business operations at Coinbase,

tweeted that at least 10 people had bought roughly$1,000 worth of the fraud token before the tweet was eliminated.