Cryptocurrency

"Art by Anish Kapoor and David Bailey for sale as NFTs without their consent"

2021-11-22 [vendor] NFT artist steals Stormtrooper art [chain] ethereum
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

  1. 2021-11-22 Breach occurred
  2. 2021-11-22 Publicly disclosed