The Twitter account of Azuki, one of the popular NFT coin projects, was hacked. This resulted in Twitter followers falling into a trap and losing their altcoins. Here are the details…
Hack alert in NFT coin project
The hijacking of the Azuki Twitter account by hackers caused some users to encounter fraud. Hackers stole $750,000 worth of USD Coin (USDC) with a malicious link that looked like a minting link in a tweet they shared on their Twitter account. Specifically, according to data from crypto security firm Wallet Guard, hackers stole 751,321.80 USDC from a single wallet within half an hour of posting the link shared tweet.
Besides, the data showed that hackers stole $6,752 USDC from various wallets holding at least 11 NFT and 3.9 Ethereum. As a result, Wallet Guard stated that the total amount stolen was $758,074.42. Emily Rose, Azuki’s community manager, issued a warning via Twitter. It confirmed that Azuki’s account had been compromised by hackers and warned users not to click on any links shared from that account.
AZUKI OFFICIAL TWITTER ACCOUNT IS HACKED.
DO NOT CLICK LINKS FROM OUR ACCOUNT.
PLEASE RETWEET.
— Rose ⛩️ (@emilyrosemcg) January 27, 2023
Azuki’s head of community and product manager, Dem, explained the latest in a Twitter Spaces talk hosted by Wallet Guard. He explained that after scammers took control of Azuki’s Twitter account, they were able to “send a wallet drain link.” Dem urged users to “stay safe and be skeptical” as the team tries to regain control of the account. Today at 02:27 CET, Azuki announced via a tweet that they have regained control of their Twitter account.
2/ We immediately reached out to our contacts at Twitter, as well as took steps to alert the community. The malicious tweets and links were taken down swiftly.
— Azuki (@AzukiOfficial) January 27, 2023
Users must be suspicious
Liz Yang, head of growth at Chiru Labs, the company behind Azuki, said the team contacted Twitter and investigated the hack. She announced that they will provide an update to the community if more developments regarding the attack emerge. Ohm Shah, co-founder of Wallet Guard, on the other hand, underlined that “it doesn’t matter” whether a Twitter account is official or verified. He stated that users should approach everything with suspicion “until proven otherwise”. He stressed that “don’t be the first to click” on shared links. He also used the following expressions:
Don’t be the first to click the link. It’s better to be paranoid on Web3.
Azuki was also hacked in April 2022
When Azuki regained control of the account, he told his followers that he needed to make sure the announcements were made on other official channels as well. He also mentioned that the Azuki team on Discord can be reached when in doubt. This isn’t the first time the NFT collection has been targeted by scammers. As we reported as Kriptokoin.com, in April 2022, hackers targeted Azuki users with the airdrop scam. This news comes after the Twitter account of stock trading platform Robinhood was hacked on January 25. Robinhood’s Twitter account was hacked and the hackers shared a fake token. It is thought that users lost around $8,000-10,000 from this attack.
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