Cryptocurrency
[loss] $116,000
Tweet by zachxbt
Primary Source ↗Financial Loss
$116,000
(116,000 USD)
Blockchain(s)
Ethereum
Incident Details
In what might be a new record, someone bought a Bored Ape NFT for 70.69 ETH ($116,000) and had it stolen from them less than two hours later. The scammer quickly flipped the NFT for 61.6969 ETH ($101,000), then bridged the funds through RenBridge to cover their tracks.
Total loss estimated at $116,000.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- On-chain theft (attributed by zachxbt)
- Vendor / Product
- 0x47dF5 NFT theft
Timeline
- 2022-08-20 Breach occurred
- 2022-08-20 Publicly disclosed