The Twitter account of Azuki, a popular anime-based NFT project, was compromised on Jan. 27, allowing hackers to steal over $750,000 in U.S. Dollar Coin (USDC).
According to Etherscan data provided by crypto wallet security firm Wallet Guard, hackers stole $751,321.80 in USDC from one wallet within half an hour of posting the malicious link. The data also revealed that hackers stole $6,752.62 in USDC from various wallets containing 11 NFTs and over 3.9 Ether.
According to Wallet Guard, the total value of the stolen assets was $758,074.42.
Azuki community manager Emily Rose tweeted that the Azuki account had been hacked and advised users not to click on any links on Azuki's Twitter account.
Azuki community lead and product manager Dem explained yesterday (January 27) on the Twitter space hosted by Wallet Guard that scammers were able to post wallet links after gaining access to Azuki’s Twitter account. Dem advises users to be cautious and skeptical as teams try to take back control of their accounts.
According to Wallet Guard co-founder Ohm Shah, regardless of whether the account is official or verified, users should treat everything as suspicious until proven otherwise. Shah warns, “Don’t be the first to click on a link. Better to be paranoid than not paranoid in Web3.”
Liz Yang, head of growth at Chiru Labs, said the team has been in touch with the Twitter team and is looking into the matter. Azuki will provide an update once we have more information, Yang added.
Hours later, Azuki announced that it had regained control of its Twitter account. As Azuki regained control of its account, it stressed to its followers on Twitter that they should always go out on multiple platforms to confirm announcements.
Earlier this week, the Twitter account of stock trading platform Robinhood was compromised. Hackers forced Robinhood users to pay $0.0005 each for a token called RBH on the BNB Smart Chain. At least ten people bought about $1,000 worth of scam tokens before the tweet was deleted.
