Hackers Hacked Azuki’s Twitter Account and Stole More Than $750K
Do you trust verified or official Twitter accounts? When you see a verified mark or it is an official account of any project, you usually trust what they share. We get announcements and the latest information about a project from their official Twitter account.
I don't think I can see the verified and official Twitter account the same way I used to see it before. It is shocking to see what's happening and how hackers exploit every single chance to hack and scam.
A popular nonfungible token (NFT) project Azuki’s official Twitter account was hacked and hackers tweeted phishing links. If you click the link, it redirects to a land minting website. Since you click the link from the official Twitter account, you have no doubt that it can be fake and you are about to get rekt.
That's what happened and hackers stole more than $750,000 worth of USDC, 122 NFTs, and over 3.9 ETH in less than 30 minutes. While minting, you are giving permission, hackers are in control. Then they can do their magic and wipe out your crypto wallet in the blink of an eye.
The community manager of the NFT project Emily Rose confirmed what just happened and warned everyone not to click any link on the Twitter account. They tried to regain access to their Twitter account. Finally, they took control of the Azuki Twitter Account and deleted malicious tweets.
Scammers targeted this NFT project before and tried to scam people with airdrops using verified Twitter accounts. In crypto, things change pretty fast. What you have built for a long time, one mistake is enough to lose your crypto assets.
Azuki’s Twitter account is not the only one, recently hackers hacked Robinhood’s Twitter account to promote scam tokens on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). People trust Robinhood and feel comfortable using it to trade stocks and crypto. When you see an announcement of launching a new token called RBH, you think that might be Robinhood's native token.
People usually get into FOMO and rush into this kind of opportunity. No one wants to miss out on an opportunity when they get a chance to invest early. Hackers use their tactics to push people to click phishing links and steal their cryptocurrency and NFTs.
You cannot trust a tweet blindly even if it comes from an official and verified Twitter account. That Twitter account might be compromised and you just do not know that yet. If you are in a hurry and do something without being careful, you might be the next victim.
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