{"id":3657,"date":"2022-04-25T19:33:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T19:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=3657"},"modified":"2022-04-25T19:33:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T19:33:45","slug":"at-least-54-apes-were-stolen-in-bayc-instagram-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=3657","title":{"rendered":"At least 54 apes were stolen in BAYC Instagram hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"crypto\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hackers got control of BAYC\u2019s Instagram account on April 25 and reportedly stole 24 Bored Apes and 30 Mutant Apes, valued at around $13.7 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scammers created a post mentioning the upcoming BAYC metaverse launch, which was set for\u00a0 April 30. The post announced a land airdrop and requested users to connect their addresses.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Damn the BAYC Instagram hacker stole 4 BAYC, 7 MAYC, 3 BAKC, 1 CloneX, &amp; more ( 91 NFTs in total)<\/p>\n<p>Hacker Address:https:\/\/t.co\/0ngJ4SKV4G pic.twitter.com\/9U2OGPKMmP<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 zachxbt (@zachxbt) April 25, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Hackers transferred Bored Ape and Mutant Ape NFTs in the connected wallets to a new wallet address. Roughly 54 apes were stolen, based on the opensea transfers<\/p>\n<p>\u2018News about the hack first surfaced on social media and Reddit, after which the official BAYC account confirmed it.<\/p>\n<p>BAYC said its Instagram had been hacked and it will suspend minting for a day.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8There is no mint going on today. It looks like BAYC Instagram was hacked. Do not mint anything, click links, or link your wallet to anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bored Ape Yacht Club (@BoredApeYC) April 25, 2022<\/p>\n<h2> Earlier attacks on BAYC holders<\/h2>\n<p>BAYC community has become a frequent target for scammers in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>On April 1, BAYC\u2019s Discord server was hacked. The hacker used April Fools to get attention and managed to post malicious minting links. The owner of MAYC #8662, Taiwanese pop superstar Jay Chou, fell prey to the attack and lost his NFT, valued at $550 thousand.<\/p>\n<p>Four days later, on April 5, a pseudonymous ape holder lost three of his NFTs to a fake verification scam. They transferred their BAYC#1584, MAYC #13168, and MAYC#13169 to receive their verified versions of equal value. The attacker sent fake pictures and sold the authentic NFTs for 5% below their floor price. In December 2021, a bored ape NFT collector fell for a phishing scam and lost eight Bored Ape and seven Mutant Ape NFTs by clicking on a phishing contract disguised as a genuine NFT dApp. The lost apes were valued at roughly $2.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Posted In: Hacks, NFTs, Scams <\/p>\n<h2>Get an Edge on the Crypto Market \ud83d\udc47<\/h2>\n<p>Become a member of CryptoSlate Edge and access our exclusive Discord community, more exclusive content and analysis.<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>On-chain analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Price snapshots<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <strong>More context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Join now for $19\/month Explore all benefits<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"bitcoin\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/at-least-54-apes-were-stolen-in-bayc-instagram-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers got control of BAYC\u2019s Instagram account on April 25 and reportedly stole 24 Bored Apes and 30 Mutant Apes, valued at around $13.7 million.\u00a0 Scammers created a post mentioning the upcoming BAYC metaverse launch, which was set for\u00a0 April 30. The post announced a land airdrop and requested users to connect their addresses. Damn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethereum-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3659,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657\/revisions\/3659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}