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Crypto Thieves Lurk on Social Media to Steal NFTs – ST

Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and chat platforms Discord and Telegram are key platforms crypto hacks use to mount scams, report says


China has blamed the US for a server attack on one of its state universities.
Beijing on Monday accused the United States of launching “tens of thousands” of cyberattacks on China and pilfering troves of sensitive data. The claim is similar to statements made by the US and UK in recent months. File photo from 2017 by Reuters.

 

Scammers are increasingly taking to social media as a tool to execute elaborate crypto and non-fungible token (NFT) scams, the Straits Times reported, citing the instance of the US$3 million hack involving NFTs from the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), a new sensation among global celebrities.

Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and chat platforms Discord and Telegram are key platforms that crypto hacks use to mount such scams, the report said, citing Ronghui Gu, chief security officer of blockchain security firm CertiK.

 

Read the full report: The Straits Times.

 

 

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.

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