Yuga Labs and BAYC Co-Founder Raises the Alarm on Possible Attack on the Projects’ Social Media Accounts, Especially Twitter

Key takeaways:

• Yuga Labs and Bored Ape Yacht Club Co-founder has warned that determination whitethorn soon beryllium an onslaught connected the projects’ societal media accounts.
• He cites credible information, including a imaginable onslaught from an wrong root astatine Twitter to bypass security.
• Twitter has been notified, and the squad astatine Yuga Labs has clarified that determination are nary ongoing mints.

The co-founder of Yuga Labs and the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, Gordon Goner, has raised the alarm implicit a imaginable onslaught connected the projects’ societal media accounts.

In particular, Gordon Goner states that determination were plans to compromise the projects’ Twitter accounts utilizing an wrong root to bypass their security. He besides clarified that determination were nary ongoing mints. He said:

We’ve received credible accusation that determination whitethorn soon beryllium an onslaught connected our societal media accounts, utilizing an wrong root at Twitter to bypass our security. There are nary astonishment mints. Ever.

Mr. Goner besides added that they person been successful changeless connection with Twitter, and representatives astatine the institution person confirmed that they person enactment successful spot ‘an progressive show connected the accounts and information has been escalated.’ He besides reminded the Bored Ape assemblage to enactment harmless and that determination were nary astonishment mints.

We’ve been successful interaction with Twitter and they confirmed that they person an progressive show connected the accounts and information has been escalated. We’re feeling much secure, but delight enactment harmless everyone. And retrieve determination volition beryllium nary astonishment mints.

— GordonGoner.eth (@GordonGoner) June 12, 2022

Hackers person Continually Targetted the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Community.

Gordon Goner’s announcement of a imaginable onslaught connected Yuga Lab’s and Bored Ape Yacht Club’s societal media accounts comes against the backdrop of changeless attacks connected their Discord and Instagram accounts.

In the astir caller attack, connected June 4th, the Discords of the Bored Ape Yacht Club and the Otherside Metaverse were compromised aft a assemblage manager’s relationship was breached done a phishing attack. According to an investigation by the squad astatine SlowMist, the attackers stole much than 145 Ethereum (ETH) worthy astir $246,000 astatine the time.

In precocious April, the Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram relationship was hacked and tens of NFTs stolen. The BAYC assemblage reportedly mislaid 91 NFTs worthy astatine slightest $2.8 cardinal during the breach.

Additionally, Robot Chicken’s Seth Green was besides the victim of a phishing onslaught successful mid-May that resulted successful the nonaccomplishment of 4 NFTs that were instantly sold for astir $330k. Mr. Green has since paid $300k to bargain back 1 of the stolen Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs.