Cryptocurrency [loss] $40,894

"Ozzy Osbourne's NFT project shared a scam link, and followers lost thousands of dollars"

2022-01-21 [vendor] CryptoBatz phishing attack [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $40,894 (40,894 USD)
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

Ozzy Osbourne’s NFT project, CryptoBatz, changed to a slightly different Discord URL (“cryptobatz” rather than “cryptobatznft”) some time after the new year. However, they forgot to take down at least one tweet mentioning the previous URL, and scammers were able to set up a new server at that location. Users were instructed to “verify”, which redirected them to a phishing site where the contents of their wallets were stolen.

Total loss estimated at $40,894.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Phishing attack
Vendor / Product
CryptoBatz phishing attack

Timeline

  1. 2022-01-21 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-01-21 Publicly disclosed