Hackers Hacked Artist Beeple's Twitter Account and Stole Nearly Half a Million Dollars from Followers

Hackers were able to gain access to Beeple's Twitter account for several hours. Verified page of the famous

They used the artist to post phishing links.

What is known

The links led to a website “dedicated” to cooperationMike Winkelmann (real name of the artist) with Louis Vuitton. When clicking on the link, an unauthorized withdrawal of Ethereum cryptocurrency from the user’s wallet occurred. At this stage, the attackers stole 35 ETH, or about $72,000.

After publishing a new phishing link, hackersThey stole another 100 ETH and 45 non-fungible tokens worth about $200,000 and $166,000, respectively. In total, the attackers earned approximately $438,000 in 5 hours. Then Beeple was able to regain access to his account.

Source: @sniko_

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