Hacked Azuki Twitter account enables theft of pricey NFTs and crypto priced at more than $1.74 million

January 27, 2023

Hacked Azuki Twitter account enables theft of pricey NFTs and crypto priced at more than $1.74 million

A green zombie-looking ape with a red warty mouth and sharp teeth, with a turquoise hachimaki and a tie-dye shirt

Mutant Ape #16924, which most recently sold for ~$23,400 (attribution)

Hackers were able to compromise the Twitter account belonging to the popular Azuki NFT project, which they then used to promote a fake NFT drop to its 334,000 followers. Users who tried to mint the NFTs instead had their wallets emptied of pricey NFTs and cryptocurrencies.

Stolen NFTs included 74 Otherdeeds (floor price ~$2,700 each), 3 Porsche NFTs (floor ~$3,100), 57 Beanz (floor ~$2,600), 12 Doodles (floor ~$10,600), 2 Mutant Apes (floor ~$24,300), and 49 Pudgy Penguins (floor ~$9,200) to the attacker. Altogether, those stolen NFTs could fetch almost ~$1 million if sold at floor price.

One single wallet transferred 750,000 of the USDC stablecoin to the attacker, resulting in a particularly brutal loss for one individual.

One of the attacker wallets on Etherscan
Another attacker wallet on Etherscan