{"id":60612,"date":"2022-04-26T10:52:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T07:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=60612"},"modified":"2025-09-05T04:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:20:23","slug":"hacker-breaches-baycs-instagram-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/hacker-breaches-baycs-instagram-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacker breaches BAYC&#8217;s Instagram account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unknown hacker breached the official Instagram account of the NFT project Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and posted a phishing link.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This morning, the official BAYC Instagram account was hacked. The hacker posted a fraudulent link to a copycat of the BAYC website with a fake Airdrop, where users were prompted to sign a \u2018safeTransferFrom\u2019 transaction. This transferred their assets to the scammer\u2019s wallet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bored Ape Yacht Club (@BoredApeYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoredApeYC\/status\/1518637579633053701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It directed users to a fake BAYC site allegedly with an airdrop. Users were asked to sign a safeTransferFrom transaction, after which all their assets were transferred to the attacker\u2019s wallet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This fake message seem to have appeared on the official Instagram or Otherside Discord server. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4UwmNkV4d5\">pic.twitter.com\/4UwmNkV4d5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Melbo.eth (@Melbo_eth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Melbo_eth\/status\/1518612253439930368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The team regained control of the account and began an investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>According to PeckShield, the hacker&#8217;s haul totaled about 765.3 ETH and 91 NFTs. He had already sold 23 NFTs and earned around $2.4 million. The stolen cryptocurrency began moving to centralized exchanges.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PeckShieldAlert?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PeckShieldAlert<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/phishing?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#phishing<\/a> ~765.3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> &#038; ~91 NFTs were stolen in BAYC Instagram exploit. Exploiters already sold ~23 NFTs (including 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BAYC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BAYC<\/a>, 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24MAYC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$MAYC<\/a>, 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24CloneX&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$CloneX<\/a>) and gained ~$2.4m. They donated ~1.6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> to Ukraine Crypto Donation and began transferring stolen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> to CEXs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TOeg4wg36i\">https:\/\/t.co\/TOeg4wg36i<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/57ULC7luDc\">pic.twitter.com\/57ULC7luDc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeckShieldAlert\/status\/1518789926103699456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The hacker also sent 1.6 ETH to a crypto-donation fund for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>As reported, the company behind BAYC, Yuga Labs, planned on April 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bored-ape-yacht-club-creators-reveal-otherside-metaverse-launch-date\">launch of the Otherside metaverse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In March the firm<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bored-ape-yacht-club-creator-raises-450-million-at-4-billion-valuation\">raised $450 million<\/a> from Andreessen Horowitz, Animoca Brands and other investors. 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