Bored Ape Yacht Club Server Has Been Hacked
The Bored Ape Yacht Club server has been hacked. Members were deceived by a fake airdrop.
The developer team of
Bored Ape Yacht Club warned of a security vulnerability detected on the Discord server, with a statement from its official Twitter account. Besides, security researchers said a ticketing tool that authenticates users and sends channel-wide notifications has been compromised.
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The team of
Bored Ape Yacht Club, one of the popular NFT collections of the NFT world, warned its users with a statement on its official Twitter account. In the statement, it was stated that a security vulnerability was detected in Discord, and no airdrops have been carried out at this time.
The Bored Ape Yacht Club team said the following regarding the hack:
"STAY SAFE. Do not mint anything from any Discord right now. A webhook in our Discord was briefly compromised. We caught it immediately but please know: we are not doing any April Fools stealth mints / airdrops etc. Other Discords are also being attacked right now."
According to security firm PeckShield, the hack was disguised as a "secret NFT mint" and was used to steal the Mutant Ape Yacht Club #8662 from a user.