Digital artist Beeple’s Twitter account was hacked today as part of a phishing scam that allegedly stole over $ 70,000 in Ethereum.
According to NFT artists and others on Twitter (including Harry Denley, a crypto wallet security expert), Beeple’s account temporarily shared a phishing link that steals the user’s crypto when clicked. ..
The tweet shared a link to a dangerous website disguised as the “raffle” of Beeple’s Louis Vuitton collaboration (Beaple first collaborated with a fashion brand. Back to 2019). But when people click on the link, one Ethereum is automatically ejected from the wallet, Denley says.
Ethereum is the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and is the blockchain on which most NFTs are built. At the time of writing, one Ethereum was worth just over $ 2,000.
Denley added that more than $ 50,000 was stolen on Ethereum and that malicious people continued to use Beeple’s Twitter account to commit more “sophisticated” scams. A total of $ 72,165.60 was stolen. address when Decryption I checked it at the end.
Beeple later tweeted that his account had returned to normal, adding that “we now have control.”
Such scams are common in the cryptocurrency world, especially via Twitter.Just March, phishing scams Hacked confirmed account Steal over $ 1 million with fake ApeCoin airdrops.
Beeple, real name Mike Winkelmann, is a popular digital artist who helped promote it. NFT (Non-Fungible Token) Mainstream.Last year he sold out The $ 69.3 million NFT artwork at Christie’s auction house broke the record in the world of digital art.
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