The Discord servers of Yuga Lab projects Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Otherside appear to have been compromised by a phishing attack.
The attackers allegedly stole over 145 Ethereum ($256,000) worth of tokens. It appears that an account of a community manager was compromised, which gave the attackers access to admin accounts on the servers.
They then proceeded to post a link to a phishing site that encouraged users to link their wallets to access an “exclusive giveaway.” The BAYC Discord has now locked down, while moderators on the Otherside server are encouraging users to disable direct messages.
This is far from BAYC’s first Discord hack this year. The project has been hit with a series of phishing attacks in the past three months, with several NFTs being stolen in the process.
32 NFTs stolen in phishing attack
Data from blockchain security firm PeckShield showed that 32 NFTs were stolen, including one BAYC token, two Mutant Apes, five Otherdeeds, and one Bored Ape Kennel Club token.
