Beeple's Discord URL Hijacked Redirecting Users to Wallet Drainer
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Discord URL Associated with Beeple
Beeple wasn't the only person to discover the URL trick. The Twitter user maxnaut.eth had earlier in a tweet claimed that the Discord URL associated with the Beeple: Every Day's-2020 Collection on the NFT marketplace OpenSea marketplace could have been "hijacked."
Maxnaut.eth posted a snapshot of a Collab.Land bot on Discord urges users to verify account ownership but drains their wallets instead, leading him to conclude that the URL leads to a "CollabLand wallet drainer."
Other Responses on Hijack
While Beeple alleges that the URLs were compromised and that Discord is responsible, some members of the crypto Twitter community contend that insufficient security precautions are a fault.
In response to the artist's revelation, NFT analyst and blockchain investigator "OKHotshot" said that the URLs were not compromised but rather that mishandling of discord URLs enables this to happen, possibly as it occurred to CryptoBatz. Black Alchemy Solutions Group, a cyber security firm, also commented on the hijack, stating that it was not a Discord problem.
Beeple - Primary Target of Hackers
Following the sale of some of the most valuable non-financial tokens (NFTs) ever, including the collection of 5,000 works of art that sold for $69.3 million during the first 5,000 days, Beeple's messaging and social media networks seem to be a primary target for fraudsters and hackers.
Beeple's website lists several well-known businesses and people as clients, including Elon Musk's spacecraft maker Space X, tech giant Apple, luxury label Louis Vuitton, and others.