Cryptocurrency [loss] $65,000

"Paris Hilton and Jimmy Fallon showing off their NFTs is the longest 77 seconds ever"

2022-01-29 [vendor] Fake Bored Ape NFTs [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $65,000 (65,000 USD)
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

After Paris Hilton and Jimmy Fallon engaged in a frankly bizarre discussion of their beloved Bored Apes on The Tonight Show, a fake projects imitating the Bored Ape Yacht Club began popping up on OpenSea. OpenSea shut down several projects of this type, which each brought in several hundred dollars an hour. One such project was left up for two weeks, duping investors out of nearly $65,000.

Total loss estimated at $65,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Smart contract exploit / hack
Vendor / Product
Fake Bored Ape NFTs

Timeline

  1. 2022-01-29 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-01-29 Publicly disclosed