Cryptocurrency

"The Counterfeit NFT Problem is Only Getting Worse"

2022-01-04 [vendor] Aja Trier art thefts [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

Artist Aja Trier was shocked to discover that her artwork depicting dogs painted in the style of Van Gogh’s Starry Night has been stolen and turned into an NFT collection with 86,000 items. Although NFT theft is sadly nothing new, this was perhaps the largest-scale theft to date. @NFTtheft, a popular Twitter account that draws attention to art theft in NFTs, wrote, “This is absolutely shocking. We’ve never seen anything at this scale before.”

Technical Details

Vendor / Product
Aja Trier art thefts

Timeline

  1. 2022-01-04 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-01-04 Publicly disclosed