Hackers hacked the Bored Ape Yacht Club account on Instagram – Bits Media

On the official account of the developers of BORDED APE Yacht Club (BAYC) On Instagram, unknown people posted information about the distribution of tokens and stole from deceived users 91 NFT на $2.8 million.

Bayc developers themselves wrote about what happened on Twitter. In a false announcement for Instagram said a certain renewal and distribution of Land tokens. To take part in the distribution, Users needed to connect their Metamask wallet. To lure customers, The attackers took advantage of the "road map" Bored Ape, including a game with elements of metavselnaya and virtual lands. When users connected their wallets and confirmed the transaction, They lost their inconsistent tokens.

Košek Hacker, committed a phishing attack, Contains 91 NFT. According to Zerion, The cost of stolen NFT is at least $2.8 million. Among them are four NFT from the collection of "bored monkeys" (BAYC), Six Mutants (Mayc) and three NFT from Bored Ape Kennel Club (Bakc). The hacker also stole one Clonex and objects from other collections: EightBit, Alien Fren и Toxic Skull Club.

The BayC team reported, that the release of tokens was immediately suspended. Users are recommended not to release anything, Do not press suspicious links and do not tie your wallet to anything. Bayc specialists have added, that for their account, two -factor authentication was included. They also promised to contact injured clients.

The Bayc project is not the first to be subjected to a hacker attack. In April, developers reported a hacking of their account in Discord, And during a phishing attack, at least four collection tokens were stolen.