$85 million ‘Meebits’ NFT project exploited; attacker nabs $700,000 collectible

$85 million ‘Meebits’ NFT project exploited; attacker nabs $700,000 collectible

The team has paused minting, and will have to use a manual workaround to prevent further exploits. Legendary NFT developers Larva Labs were the victims of an exploit this morning, as an attacker found a way to mint a rare NFT worth over $700,000 from the “Meebits” collection. The attacker, 0xNietzsche, teased the exploit on Twitter this morning, saying he anticipated making “$300,000 per hour” throughout the duration of the attack. He has since deleted the Tweets, saying that they came off as “douchey.” Definitely sent out some regrettable tweets in the last few hours. After coming down &....


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