Greater than $765,000 value of non-fungible tokens have been stolen in a reported SIM-swap assault on the GutterCatGang NFT venture.
The vulnerability was highlighted by a number of NFT neighborhood members round 20:00 UTC on July seventh GutterCatGang co-founder @GutterMitch tweeted a warning: "Our twitter has been compromised, please don't work together with any hyperlinks."
Our Twitter has been compromised. Please don't work together with the hyperlinks
— Gutter Mitch (@GutterMitch) July 7, 2023
Along with the official GutterCatGang account, co-founder @gutterric was additionally hacked.
The hacker(s) used the accounts to share hyperlinks to faux GutterCatGang NFT "restricted version" sneaker airdrops, which basically emptied folks's scorching wallets once they clicked on them.
To make the fictional hyperlinks seem extra legit, the tweets included current GutterCatGang branding and pictures of the venture's phygital sneaker drop in collaboration with Puma and NBA/Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball.
GutterCatGang's Twitter account was compromised. Please don't work together with it. #GutterCatGang @gutterdan_ @GutterCatGang —-> ⚠️⛔️ pic.twitter.com/tBu9fwBI7m
— Burden © (@0x_burden) July 7, 2023
In response to Gutter Mitch's thread, well-known blockchain knowledgeable ZachXBT claimed that the crew was hacked by way of a SIM swap assault and questioned the crew's cybersecurity practices.
"Your crew had higher take a look at a compensation plan for the victims as utilizing SMS 2FA in your social networks after all of the current SIM swaps is gross negligence," ZachXBT mentioned.
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In a separate thread, ZachXBT highlighted two victims of the assault, one in all whom misplaced a $65,913 Bored Ape Yacht Membership NFT on the present reserve worth, and other The lack of a whopping $700,000 value of NFTs from a wide range of blue chip collections.
Another person simply misplaced $700k in belongings (just a few BAYCs, MAYC, Doodles, BAKCs, and many others.) pic.twitter.com/noNvkqkw9U
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) July 7, 2023
GutterCatGang co-founder @gutterdan_ supplied an replace on the matter, stating, "We're working with Twitter to regain entry to the compromised Gutter-affiliated Twitter accounts."
"We've deepest sympathy for everybody affected and wish to guarantee you that we take this matter very significantly and are working with regulation enforcement to analyze the hack and safety breach," he wrote.
We're working with Twitter to regain entry to the compromised Gutter-connected Twitter accounts. We've deep sympathy for everybody affected and wish to guarantee you that we take this matter very significantly and are working with regulation enforcement to analyze the hack and...
— Gutter Dan (@gutterdan_) July 7, 2023
On the time of writing this text, it seems that the accounts are nonetheless compromised.
Launched in mid-2021, GutterCatGang consists of 3000 distinctive NFT cartoon cat avatars. The present ground worth is 0.5 Ether (ETH) in response to the NFT Value Ground, which is sort of a 615% improve from the unique minting price.
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