Hackers’ Phishing Attack Cuts Off Moonbirds NFTs Worth $1.5 Million
Despite the place of security in the crypto space, there have been some hacking events once in a while. One of the newly victimized assets is the Moonbirds NFTs. Cybercriminals recently use phishing attacks as their portable weapon to reap off their victims. They always mask the links and messages they send to their innocent […]
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After selling for a mint price of 2.5 ETH on April 16, the floor price of Moonbirds has also quickly risen to 18.45 ETH. The freshly launched Ethereum-based Moonbirds NFT project is soaring to the top of the trade volume charts after generating $290 million worth of sales in just four days. There are 10,000 computer-generated pixel owl avatar NFTs in total, which were promptly sold out on April 16 for a mint price of 2.5 Ether (ETH) per NFT, or $7,700 at current prices. The floor price (minimum average sale) has since exploded on secondary markets, with OpenSea currently showing a hefty....
Some initially interpreted the hack as an exploit of the Uniswap V3 protocol, but it was quickly clarified as the result of a phishing campaign. A sophisticated phishing campaign targeting liquidity providers (LPs) of the Uniswap v3 protocol has seen attackers make off with at least $4.7 million worth of Ethereum (ETH). However, the community is reporting the losses could be even greater. Metamask security researcher Harry Denley was one of the first to raise the alarm bells of the attack, telling his 13,000 Twitter followers on July 11 that 73,399 addresses had been sent malicious ERC-20....
The crypto space still presents risks like scams, hacks, rug pulls, etc. In another troubling event, a crypto whale lost over $24 million worth of assets in a massive phishing scam. In this case, the victim address is regarded as a major liquidity provider on the Uniswap Decentralized Exchange (DEX), supplying over $1.6 million worth […]
DeFiance Capital founder and crypto investor Arthur Ox was the victim of a phishing attack. Bad actors managed to compromise Ox’s hot wallet and took control of over $1.5 million in non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Related Reading | The Nightly Mint: Daily NFT Recap The attackers moved the stolen assets to NFT marketplace OpenSea. Part of […]
A non-fungible token (NFT) collection called Moonbirds has been a topical conversation within the NFT community as the compilation’s sales have been enormous. The Moonbirds NFT project started selling five days ago on April 16, and since then statistics show the collection has seen $364.83 million in sales. Moonbirds NFT Collection Takes the Top Spot This Week This week a new NFT collection called Moonbirds has surpassed the likes of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC), and Cryptopunks sales. Traders only started swapping the 10,000 Moonbirds NFTs five days ago....