Biggest NFT Collection Bored Ape Yacht Club's Discord server get hacked

News Apr 1, 2022 1068

The Discord server of the famous Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection was compromised by hackers today. The compromise was confirmed by the BAYC team on Twitter.

Biggest NFT Collection Bored Ape Yacht Club's Discord server get hacked

The Discord server of the famous Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection was compromised by hackers today. The compromise was confirmed by the BAYC team on Twitter.

One of the most famous and definitely the largest NFT collections in the world by market value. got their Discord server hacked by an unknown hacker. The hacker gained access to the Discord server that hosts Bored Ape Yacht Club. Mutant Ape Yacht Club and Mutant Ape Kennei Club are all three NFT collections from YugaLabs.

The team behind the Discord server confirmed the hack in a brief tweet not containing much information or any details of the hack or its modus operandi. According to security company PeckShield, the hacker managed to post phishing links in the Mutant Ape Yacht Club channel.

This link was meant to be seen as a "stealth NFT mint" and one Mutant Ape Yacht Club owner apparently fell prey to the phishing attack and Mutant Ape Yacht Club #8662 was stolen from the user.

#PeckShieldAlert @BoredApeYC Discord compromised, MutantApeYachtClub #8662 has been stolen.https://t.co/bMQrBgxreU
https://mintboredapeyc[.com]/ is #phishing site. Do *NOT* fall prey to it. https://t.co/NLMiIzKsR6 pic.twitter.com/mUlAkImvRY
— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) April 1, 2022

BAYC said in a tweet that they had "caught it immediately" though obviously not fast enough to stop any thefts, and warned users not to mint any NFT using a link posted on its Discord. The tweet from the team also reminds users that "we are not doing any April fools stealth mints/airdrops etc."

STAY SAFE. Do not mint anything from any Discord right now. A webhook in our Discord was briefly compromised. We caught it immediately but please know: we are not doing any April Fools stealth mints / airdrops etc. Other Discords are also being attacked right now.
— Bored Ape Yacht Club (@BoredApeYC) April 1, 2022

Doodles’ Discord hacked too?

In response to the declaration from the BAYC team, Piyush Khemka software engineer at Meta pointed out that "there is a very sophisticated scam going around right now in the Crypto space."

"There is a very sophisticated scam going around right now in the Crypto space Couple of hackers bought some verified accounts and are pretending to be BAYC founders. They are charging 0.33 ETH to mint new digital coins stay safe out there people. Crypto is truly the wild west!,” Khemka tweets.

There is a very sophisticated scam going around right now in the Crypto space. Couple of hackers bought some verified accounts & are pretending to be BAYC founders. They are charging 0.33 ETH to mint new digital coins. Stay safe out there people. Crypto is truly the wild west!
— Piyush Khemka (@piy9) March 24, 2022

Also, other users have warned about similar exploits and maybe hacks on the Doodles' Discord server, Doodles being another hot and highly valued NFT collection. the Doodles team has not responded to these alerts.