• slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I would question how an Instagram account causes nft to be stolen… But we are on meme so let’s leave it at that.

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      6 days ago

      They compromised the official Instagram account then phished its followers for their NFTs.

      The attacker seized control of the BAYC Instagram account and sent a phishing post that many followers were fooled into clicking on, connecting their crypto wallets to the hacker’s “smart contract” – a mechanism for implementing a crypto transaction. That enabled the attacker to steal the assets held in the wallets, seizing control of four Bored Apes, as well as a host of other NFTs with an estimated total value of $3m.

      https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/26/bored-ape-yacht-club-nft-hack-theft-art-simian-oblivion