- Amount Lost: $150,000.00
- Funds Returned: $0.00
- Category: NFT
- Date: 2022-7-15
Quick Summary
The Twitter account of the artist DeeKay was hacked by a phishing attacker. A link with a phishing site was posted on the account. Users have lost a total of $150k due to interactions with the phishing link.
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Details of the Exploit**
DeeKay is an artist who is engaged in drawing NFT collections.
The NFT artist DeeKay's Twitter account has been hacked. In a post on Twitter, a phishing link was posted, with a fake website, for a limited amount of new airdrops. 4 cool cats and 3 azuki were stolen from one of the holders of the collections. While DeeKay was restoring the Twitter account, the attacker address (A) managed to get about 65 NFT from several victims before the post was deleted. The hacker was able to sell the NFT for about $80k, then sent $ETH to the attacker address (B). 50 NFTs are still stored on their accounts.
Block Data Reference
Involved addresses:
Attacker address (A): https://etherscan.io/address/0x2100ab6ac2036ca99da90ffd4077f0c98af309ee
Attacker address (B): https://etherscan.io/address/0x5f232fed7b3ae710ac4815e1f231e0b97e58ab8e
Proof Links:
- https://www.business2community.com/nft-news/nft-artist-deekay-twitter-hacked-phishing-attack-steals-150k-02524455
- https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/hacker-hijacks-nft-artist-deekays-twitter-account-steals-150-000-worth-of-nfts-from-fans
- https://cryptobriefing.com/nft-artist-deekays-twitter-hacked-over-150k-in-nfts-stolen/
- https://buynft.com/news/nft-artist-deekay-has-twitter-account-hacked-150000-in-assets-stolen/