SNEAK PEEK
- Bored Ape #4587 stolen and sold for ~72 ETH.
- Mutant Ape #3097 stolen and sold for ~16 ETH.
- The NFTs have been sold on popular marketplaces Blur and LooksRare.
A few days ago, Today NFT News reported that a scam NFT project was listed on OpenSea. The project “Nyan Slash Check” had description points that redirected users to a fake zora website to make them mint a false token.
Prior to the scam, NFTs worth $173,000 were stolen from Nike’s RTFKT’s Nikhil Gopalan. And now there are two more additions to the list. Bored Ape Yacht Club’s ape #4587 has been stolen by 0x43C9…8e5. The NFT was previously sold 289 days ago for 89.9 ETH.
#PeckShieldAlert #phishing BoredApeYachtClub #BAYC #4587 is stolen by 0x43C9…8e5, Last Sale for 89.9 $ETH ($147,535.79) about 289 days agohttps://t.co/eFYEVcruC3 pic.twitter.com/NSj68DTr9h
— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) February 23, 2023
Other than the BAYC ape, there’s been one more ape that has been stolen as well. Mutant Ape Yacht Club #3097 was stolen by Fake_Phishing3868. Its last sale was over 412 days ago for 19.8 ETH.
#PeckShieldAlert #phishing MutantApeYachtClub #3097 is stolen by Fake_Phishing38681, Last Sale for 19.8 $ETH ($33,056.30) about 412 days ago on @opensea https://t.co/jrngQAmacd pic.twitter.com/KPc0bLEfD3
— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) February 23, 2023
Not only are these apes stolen but have been sold further. Reportedly, the stolen BAYC ape has been sold for ~72 ETH on the Blur marketplace to @machibigbrother. On the other hand, the MAYC ape #3097 has been sold for ~16 ETH on the LooksRare marketplace.
Yuga Labs is home to the most popular NFTs. In June 2022, in an attack Yuga lost NFTs worth $360,000 as a result of a server breach.
In April 2022, an unidentified attacker posted a fake link to a hacked BAYC Instagram account, which resulted in a copied version of its website and gave the hacker access to the Ethereum wallets of users. In the same month, Mutant Ape Yacht Club #8662 became the victim of a phishing attack. NFTs have remained the target of hackers despite a lot of alerts and tips being circulated from time-to-time. Yuga Labs surely needs to introduce strict guidelines and measures to curb such instances in order to secure its users’ assets in addition to its own profits.
