Hackers were able to gain access to Beeple's Twitter account for several hours. Verified page of the famous
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.
If we assume everything is secure, at time of this tweet the bad actors managed to scam:
Scam#1
36ETH (~$72k)
0xf305 is yet to withdrawScam#2
62.35ETH (~$125k)
37.59WETH (~$75k)
45 NFTs (est ~$166k)Total = $438k (active for ~5hours)
— harry.eth ???????? (whg.eth) (@sniko_) May 22, 2022
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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