NFT artist DeeKay’s Twitter hacked, over $ 150,000 in NFTs stolen
Important takeaways
- Renowned animator and NFT artist DeeKay Kwon got his Twitter account with over 179,800 followers hacked earlier this morning.
- The hacker published a link to a phishing website that instructed users to approve a malicious transaction under the pretext of demanding an exclusive NFT release from the artist.
- After the victims approved the transaction, the hacker lost his wallet and stole NFTs worth around $ 150,000 from several victims.
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Renowned Korean NFT animator DeeKay Kwon has had his Twitter account hacked and used to carry out a phishing attack early Friday morning.
DeeKay Twitter followers phishet for over $ 150,000
A hacker has compromised the Twitter account of the famous NFT artist DeeKay Kwon to carry out a phishing attack on his followers.
The incident happened early Friday morning when a hacker compromised the Korean animator and NFT creator DeeKay Kwon’s Twitter account to post a phishing link to a fake website. The post enticed Kwon’s followers to sign transactions from a maliciously crafted contract by announcing the launch of a new, exclusive NFT collection. “LetsWalk Collection Airdrop is now live! Only 1000 lucky people can make claims! Good luck! “Posted on DeeKay’s compromised Twitter profile with over 179,800 followers read.
The hacker included a link to a fake website that mimicked DeeKay’s official frontend. The phishing website instructed the victims to claim the malicious NFTs, but when the victims agreed to the claim, they inadvertently approved a transaction that gave the attacker access to their wallet. From there, the attacker managed to steal valuable NFTs from the victims’ wallets.
According to data on the chain, the attacker began his looting around 03:43 CET this morning, and eventually stabbed around 65 NFTs from several victims before Kwon could retrieve his Twitter account and delete the malicious post. The attacker appears to have been able to sell between $ 80,000 and $ 91,000 of NFTs and has since transferred ETH revenue to another wallet. They still have around 50 stolen NFTs worth around $ 52,000.
About five hours after the attack began, Kwon commented on the incident on Twitter, saying he got his account back and apologized for the incident. “I got my account back. Sorry for this ugly incident, and a sincere thank you to everyone who helped inform others, he said, adding that he panicked for hours because of the incident. He also asked anyone affected by phishing scams to comment on his post to connect and collaborate on a potential solution.
One of the victims who commented, under the pseudonym CryptOmid.eth, said that they were one of the people who were phished, and lost four Cool Cats and three Azuki NFTs. “I clicked on the sign button twice before I realized that this seems shady,” explained the victim, who appears to be working as an engineer at Coinbase, in a related comment.
Phishing attacks that today seem to be becoming more common in the crypto area. Just four days ago, on July 11, a hacker stole approximately $ 8.6 million in cryptocurrencies in a phishing attack targeting Uniswap liquidity providers. The way both attacks were carried out is strikingly similar.
Disclosure: At the time of writing, the author of this piece owned ETH and several other cryptocurrencies.
