Crypto Fraud Investigator Reveals Large Group Behind NFT Discord Hack
Quick take:
- In a long Twitter thread, ZachXBT has uncovered one of the leading groups behind the NFT Discord hack.
- The crypto fraud investigator claims the group stole millions from hacked NFT Twitter accounts.
- According to ZachXBT’s findings, well-known crypto hacker Cameron Redman is the person behind the recent NFT Twitter hack.
Popular NFT trader and crypto fraud investigator ZachXBT has uncovered one of the groups behind the NFT Discord hack. According to ZachXBT, Cameron is Redman alleged person behind the recent NFT Twitter hacks.
The NFT trader points to an incident in 2020 when alleged hacker SIM exchanged $37 million worth of bitcoin and bitcoin cash from a single person.
According to the NFT security researcher, more than 600 NFT Discord servers have been compromised since December 2021, while at least 12 Twitter accounts related to NFTs have been hacked.
Twitter user linked Redman to 1547 BTC and 60k BCH SIM swap from crypto trader Josh Jones on February 22, 2020.
The hacker allegedly laundered 60k BCH through hundreds of transactions in small amounts sent to centralized exchanges, according to the third post in the Twitter thread.
A majority of 1547 BTC was sent to a chipmixer and cryptomixer platforms, with a small portion sent to small centralized exchanges.
Cameron Redman (a minor at the time) was arrested and formally charged by Canadian police on November 17, 2021, recovering $5.4 million in crypto.
Fast forward to May 2022, several NFT Twitter accounts with 2FA protection were hacked, leading to millions worth of crypto stolen.
The list includes some of the most popular accounts on the platform leaving people confused as to how hackers managed to bypass a 2FA security.
The hacker was identified to be a person or group who went by the name antihero after they were tracked to a forum marketplace SWAPD, where they posted an ad for a panel on Twitter.
The anti-hero appeared with the name Cam on July 29, sparking curiosity as to whether it was the same Cameron Redman who was charged with a crypto scam in November 2020.
Redman later posted a photo of himself outside a mall on Instagram. Further investigation revealed that the mall was located in Canada, closer to the police station where Redman was arrested two years ago.
By the end of June, Redman had received 230 ETH plus 20 ETH at the address: 0x0214ee97e9d828e1e6aa49a85b89982a7dceacc7
20 ETH was a payment for lifetime access to the Twitter panel. ZachXBT was able to link the scammer’s address to the Nansen discord attack and other Discord attacks.
Redman had sold his Twitter panel access to reputed fraudsters HZ/Chase and Popbob, who did not shy away from showing off panel access to a security researcher who goes by the pseudonym Serpent.
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