An admin account for Beeple’s official Discord group was compromised overnight resulting in a fake NFT drop that saw users lose an estimated 38 ETH.
An admin from Beeple's Discord named "Multi" confirmed to the group on Nov. 10 that their account had been compromised despite having 2FA. The perpetrator went on to impersonate Multi and the Beeple Announcements Bot to promote a fake NFT drop from Beeple on Nifty Gateway.
The incident is the latest in a long line of Discord hacks that have caused users substantial losses.
Discord members were primed to expect Beeple to run a cheap drop on the back of his most recent auction since he has done it before, with raffles that saw users snap up his NFTs for as little as $1. Fans kept tabs on the the
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