Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord reportedly compromised in $250,000 NFT phishing attack
, one BAYC and two Mutant Apes tokens were stolen in the scam. At the current Ethereum exchange rate, the entire 32 NFT trove is worth approximately $256,000.
We’ve reached out to Yuga Labs for comment. The company has yet to share an official statement on the incident – though it quickly locked down the Bored Apes Discord after the scam took place. The server, among a handful of other ones tied to high-profile NFT projects, was alsoat the start of April when a bad actor compromised the CAPTCHA bot Yuga Labs used to deter spammers.
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