Azuki, a popular non-fungible token (NFT) project, had its Twitter account compromised on January 27, causing hackers to steal more than $750,000 worth of USD Coin (USDC) by posting a malicious "wallet drain link" posing as a virtual coin house.
Hackers stole $751,321.80 USDC from a single wallet within half an hour of the malicious links being tweeted, according to Etherscan data Provided to Cointelegraph by crypto wallet security company Wallet Guard.
The data also revealed that the hackers stole an additional $6,752.62 worth of USDC from various wallets with 11 NFTs and more than 3.9 Ether (ETH).
Wallet Guard stated that the total amount stolen was $758,074.42.
Emily Rose, community manager for the anime-inspired NFT project, confirmed via Twitter on January 27 that Azuki's account was hacked and warned users not to click any links on Azuki's Twitter account. .
THE OFFICIAL TWITTER ACCOUNT OF AZUKI HACKED.
DO NOT CLICK LINKS FROM OUR ACCOUNT.
PLEASE RETWEET.
— Pink | | ⛩️NGL (@emilyrosemcg) January 27, 2023
Azuki's head of community and product manager Dem explained in a Twitter Space organized by Wallet Guard on January 27 that scammers were able to "post a wallet drain link", after gaining control of Azuki's Twitter account.
Dem urged users to "stay safe and suspicious" as the team tried to recover account control.
Several hours later, Azuki declared that he had regained control of his Twitter account through a tweet:
1/ The @AzukiOfficial Twitter was compromised today. A series of malicious tweets were posted on the morning of Friday, January 27 (Pacific Time).
The team has regained control of the @AzukiOfficial Twitter.
details below
—Azuki (@AzukiOfficial) January 27, 2023
This was confirmed by Rose and Dem retweeting the announcement.
Liz Yang, head of growth at Chiru Labs, the company behind Azuki, told Cointelegraph that the team is "currently in contact with Twitter and investigating the breach," noting that Azuki "will provide an update once we have more information." .
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Ohm Shah, co-founder of Wallet Guard, told Cointelegraph that "it doesn't matter" whether an account is official or verified, users should treat everything as suspicious until proven otherwise. Sha noted:
“Don't be the first person to click on the link. It's better to be paranoid about Web3 than not to be at all."
As Azuki regained control of the account, he emphasized to his followers in a cheep to "always appear on various channels" to confirm ads.
He also noted to contact Azuki's "mod team" on Discord if in doubt.
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