Mike Beeple''s Winkelmann, the famed NFT artist, has been targeted by cyber criminals in the past, according to Beeple''s 706,000 followers on Twitter. The attackers have infected the URL to Beeple''s Discord server, and people who clicked on the link are being directed to an alternate wallet draining'''' Discord server. Discord is an instant messaging social networking platform that offers support for individuals called servers.
The 41-year-old inventor of digital collectibles has warned his followers not to verify themselves on the discord link.
It appears that our discord URLs were hacked to imply a fraudulent discord. DO NOT go into that discord and do not verify it, it will drain your wallet!!once again massive thanks to discord for being trash. +1:
On the OpenSea NFT marketplace, Beeple''s Discord link that has been broken is supposedly supposed to direct people to his Everydays - 2020 Collection.
Another Twitter user who follows the username of @maxnaut had seemingly identified the hack before the NFT artist launched an alert.
EveryDAYS - 2020 COLLECTION has a Discord link that links to a scam CollabLand wallet drainer, according to the Twitter user on October 3 sharing a screenshot.
EVERYDAYS - 2020 COLLECTION has a Discord link that links to a scam CollabLand wallet drainer. Your Discord URL might have been hijacked and your team did not update it on OS. You need to modify that ASAP or people going to get rekd. pic.twitter.com/GFMwWU2xd2
As of today, it remains unclear if the hack was a result of Discord''s security mismanagement or if there were other flaws discovered by the hackers.
The Discord connection in the affected Opensea listing appears to have gone.
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Beeple is not a shocker, because his NFT pieces have been discovered to generate huge sales.
HUMAN ONE, a futuristic artwork created by Beeple, was auctioned for $28.9 million (roughly Rs. 215 crore) in November 2021.
Beeple''s Twitter account was hacked in May 2022 as part of a phishing scam that resulted in the theft of $438,000 (roughly Rs. 3.4 crore) in Ether and NFTs.
At the time, Beeple''s account shared a fake link to a website of a fashion designer Louis Vuitton, which, if clicked on, would steal users'' cryptocurrency.
Governments across the world are increasing their oversight over the cryptocurrency sector due to a variety of scams, rug-pulls, and hack attacks.
Hong Kong, for instance, came out to be bewildered with fraudsters interested in the sector in the first six months of 2022. In contrast to the same period in 2021, Hong Kong increased by 105 percent.
The US'' Justice Department (DoJ) has formed a unit of over 150 federal prosecutors who will be able to keep crypto crimes and their investigations in place.