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Jafrin Ahmed
Apr 1, 2022
by Jafrin Ahmed

Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Official Discord Hacked

Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord
Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), the world’s most valuable NFT collection by market cap, said on Friday that its official Discord channel was compromised leading to the loss of several valuable NFTs from its official and related collections.

BAYC Team Confirms Discord Hack

A few hours ago, BAYC’s official Twitter account warned its followers against minting anything on Discord at the moment, confirming the recent hack of its official server.

According to security firm PeckShield, the hacker posted a phishing link in the Mutant Ape Kennel Club channel disguised as a ‘stealth NFT mint’ and used it steal Mutant Ape Yacht Club #8662 from one user. The token in question is currently worth over 21 ETH worth $68,900 on OpenSea.

In addition to the sought-after Mutant Ape, 1 BAYC, 1 MAYC, and two NFTs from the Doodles collection held by well-known singer Jay Chou were also stolen.

Doodles Discord Server Also Hacked

Following the news, ApeCoin (APE), which supports the project, has shed 6.7% from the past 24 hours and is currently trading at $12.88 according to CoinGecko.

NFT influencer Farokh recently warned about a similar exploit on another Discord server of Doodles, another popular NFT collection, but the official team has not yet confirmed.

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Jafrin Ahmed
Jafrin is a cryptocurrency journalist/researcher fascinated by the world of decentralization. She is hopeful towards blockchain’s innovation and its potential to reshape the world for good. Currently, she is bringing out the best of cryptosphere via covering the latest ins and outs of the blockchain space.

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