Hacker steals $185,000 from Bill Murray’s digital wallet after NFT auction

A hacker has taken $185,000 from Hollywood star Bill Murray’s digital wallet after he successfully completed the non-fungible tokens (NFT) charity auction.

CoinDesk reports that as soon as Murray’s NFT campaign that raised 119.2 ethereum (around $185,000) for charity was closed, a hacker stole the money from his personal wallet.

The hacker sent the stolen funds to a wallet address linked to crypto exchange Binance and Unionchain.ai, according to Murray’s team.

“The unknown person also attempted to take non-fungible tokens from the actor’s personal collection,” according to the report.

The hacker also tried to steal 800 NFTs from the Murray collection.

Murray’s wallet security team immediately swung into action and stopped the hackers from wiping out his entire digital wallet.

Murray’s team has filed a police report and worked with cryptanalysis firm Chainalysis to track down the hacker, the report said.

In April, hackers compromised the Instagram account belonging to the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection, stealing three million dollars worth of crypto.

Earlier this year, the world’s largest NFT marketplace OpenSea confirmed that it had been hit by a phishing attack and that at least 32 users had lost their valuable NFTs worth $1.7 million.

The hack happened when OpenSea announced a new smart contract upgrade with a one-week deadline to remove inactive NFTs on the platform.

— IANS

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