Maybe don't take the red bean.
Another instalment in the series of life affirming Web3 downfalls, over $1.74 million has been robbed from unsuspecting, would-be cryptocurrency investors after the Azuki NFT anime world's Twitter account was hacked. That's on top of a potential $1 million worth of stolen NFTs.account, hackers' attempted to seduce its 334,600 large fanbase with a series of posts advertising fake mints.
In case you're wondering about the bean connection, Azuki beans are a kind of sweet red bean commonly used in Japanese cooking—a necessary piece of context for later. Users who fell for the feat of social engineering and clicked through, attempting to mint through the fake links, had not only their entire cryptocurrency wallets drained, but many of their precious NFTs stolen. These included 74 Otherdeeds NFTs worth around $2,700 each, three Porsche NFTs worth maybe $3,100, 57 Beanz NFTs at $2,600, 12 Doodles NFTs at $10,600, and 49 Pudgy Penguins worth $9,200.
In a thread detailing the events of the January 27 attack, Azuki officials say they"immediately reached out to our contacts at Twitter, as well as took steps to alert the community. The malicious tweets and links were taken down swiftly." 1/ The @AzukiOfficial Twitter was compromised today. A series of malicious tweets were posted during the morning of Friday, Jan 27th . The team has regained control of the @AzukiOfficial Twitter. Details below 👇How the hack came to be is unclear, though Azuki says it's currently looking into it."We take security seriously, and the Twitter account was secured using a 2FA Authentication app.", only for their followers to end up ambushed a little later down the line.
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