Bored Ape Yacht Club Confirms Instagram Account Was Hacked, Here Is How It Ha...

Bored Ape Yacht Club Confirms Instagram Account Was Hacked, Here Is How It Ha...

Yuga Labs, the team behind the popular non-fungible token (NFT) collection Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), lost access to their Instagram account. The team confirmed that their profile on this social media was hacked which allow the attackers to post links to a copycat website which led to fake Airdrops. Related Reading | All You Need […]


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