Cryptocurrency
"Art by Anish Kapoor and David Bailey for sale as NFTs without their consent"
Primary Source ↗Blockchain(s)
Ethereum
Incident Details
An art curator created NFTs from photographs of Stormtrooper helmet artwork, but failed to actually ask permission from the artists. The NFTs sold for a collective $7.5 million before various marketplaces removed them from trading. Several of the artists responsible for the works are reportedly considering legal action. The NFT creator, meanwhile, has posted a video of himself on social media “wearing a Stormtrooper helmet, shooting a gun in the air and bragging about making ’two mil on NFT[s]’”.
Technical Details
- Vendor / Product
- NFT artist steals Stormtrooper art
Timeline
- 2021-11-22 Breach occurred
- 2021-11-22 Publicly disclosed