Cryptocurrency [loss] $243,000

Tweet by Yung Ape Squad

2022-06-06 [vendor] Early June 2022 Discord compromises [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $243,000 (243,000 USD)
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

The June 4 compromise of the Bored Apes Discord was only one of several Discord hacks in a several-day period. All the attacks appeared to involve user accounts of individual moderators being compromised and used to post fake announcements that lured users of the server to phishing sites that stole NFTs. Discord servers for Yung Ape Squad, Apocalyptic Apes, Bubbleworld, and Aiternate were among the projects affected.The Apocalyptic Apes Discord attackers stole around 21 NFTs. Bubbleworld attackers stole 171 NFTs, with combined floor prices amounting to around $243,000.

Total loss estimated at $243,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Phishing attack
Vendor / Product
Early June 2022 Discord compromises

Timeline

  1. 2022-06-06 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-06-06 Publicly disclosed