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
“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.
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