Unfortunately Bored Ape Yacht Club confirmed the hack, the largest NFT collection by market cap was a victim of a Discord phishing attack.
STAY SAFE. Do not mint anything from any Discord right now. A webhook in our Discord was briefly compromised. We caught it immediately but please know: we are not doing any April Fools stealth mints / airdrops etc. Other Discords are also being attacked right now.
— Bored Ape Yacht Club 🍌 (@BoredApeYC) April 1, 2022
Bored Ape Yacht Club confirmed the hack
The official Discord account for the Bored Ape Yacht Club, Mutant Ape Yacht Club, and Mutant Ape Kennel Club, three NFT collections from Yuga Labs, was hacked by an unknown individual.
A phishing link was successfully posted in the Mutant Ape Kennel Club channel by the hacker. It was disguised as a “stealth NFT mint” and employed to steal Mutant Ape Yacht Club #8662 from one user, according to PeckShield.
#PeckShieldAlert @BoredApeYC Discord compromised, MutantApeYachtClub #8662 has been stolen.https://t.co/bMQrBgxreU
https://mintboredapeyc[.com]/ is #phishing site. Do *NOT* fall prey to it. https://t.co/NLMiIzKsR6 pic.twitter.com/mUlAkImvRY— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) April 1, 2022
The BAYC team tweeted that it had identified the problem without delay. Nonetheless, the crew reminded customers not to create any NFTs using a URL provided on its Discord and informed viewers that this is not an April Fools joke.
Some Twitter users also warned NFT world that the Doodles Discord server is also hacked.
🚨🚨🚨 DOODLES DISCORD ALSO HACKED. NOT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE, BE CAREFUL!!! 🚨🚨🚨
— Farokh (發咯) (@farokh) April 1, 2022
It has been claimed that the hacker used Ticket Tool, a popular Discord bot that generates support tickets automatically, to carry out the assault.
Hackers frequently compromise Discord accounts in order to carry out phishing assaults on NFT collectors. In just a few weeks, a freshly founded Rare Bears NFT collection reported that many of its members were victims of a similar event, with assets valued at over $790,000 lost.
