{"id":55089,"date":"2021-12-22T19:43:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=55089"},"modified":"2025-09-03T23:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:39:07","slug":"hackers-stole-1-3-million-from-users-of-the-monkey-kingdom-nft-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/hackers-stole-1-3-million-from-users-of-the-monkey-kingdom-nft-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers stole $1.3 million from users of the Monkey Kingdom NFT project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malicious actors hacked the Discord account of the Monkey Kingdom NFT project administrator and posted a phishing link in the group chat before the sale began. Users lost 7,056 SOL (about $1.3 million).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update on our investigation of the Discord hack <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9PP8KJiLLj\">pic.twitter.com\/9PP8KJiLLj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Monkey Kingdom (@MonkeyKingdom_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonkeyKingdom_\/status\/1473539687688015877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Representatives of Monkey Kingdom said the breach stemmed from weaknesses in Grape \u2014 a user-identification solution on Solana used by most NFT projects.<\/p>\n<p>They also pledged to compensate the stolen funds and urged the community to share news when they have received compensation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Monkey Kingdom community, we have your back! We have begun processing compensation requests and will be contacting individuals starting today. Thank you for your patience! Once you receive your compensation, please kindly share the news with the community. For the Kingdom!! \ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\udc8e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TVbuSqdKtq\">pic.twitter.com\/TVbuSqdKtq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Monkey Kingdom (@MonkeyKingdom_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonkeyKingdom_\/status\/1473540039644647426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Launched on November 27, the Asian project Monkey Kingdom features 2,222 NFTs depicting pixelated monkeys in a range of outfits.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, NFT platform Fractal <a href=\"https:\/\/fractal.medium.com\/dear-fractal-community-70173e8a5ea7\">faced<\/a> a similar breach. The attackers also posted a phishing link in its Discord channel.<\/p>\n<p>Users lost about 800 SOL (roughly $150,000). The project pledged to reimburse the stolen funds.<\/p>\n<p>As Crystal Blockchain notes, over the past decade the cumulative losses to crypto platforms and their users from hackers and scammers <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/crystal-blockchain-over-12-1-billion-in-losses-from-hackers-and-fraudsters-over-a-decade\">exceeded $12 bn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our Telegram \u2014 crypto news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers compromised the Discord account of the Monkey Kingdom project administrator and posted a phishing link in the group chat before the sale began. 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