NFT Project Azuki’s Twitter Account Hacked, Fleecing Over $750K
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The crypto market witnessed its first major cyber attack of the year in the form of a social media hack negatively impacting the NFT project Azuki. On January 27, the Twitter account of Azuki, a well-known non-fungible token (NFT) project, compromised. Enabling hackers to seize USD coins worth over $750,000. Using fraudulent links serving as a “land mint” for the well-known Azuki NFT project, more than $750,000 in USDC, 11 NFTs. Also more than 3.9 ETH stolen in less than 30 minutes.
The suspicious Azuki tweets, which specifically referred to the fake “surprise mint,” led many NFT traders to quickly assume that the account compromised. The fraudulent tweets appeared to have been deleted within an hour. And the official Azuki Twitter account no longer displayed in Twitter search results.
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