BAYC and Otherside Discord groups were once again targeted by a phishing attack

Yuga Labs’ most popular NFT collections Bored Ape Yacht and Otherside were hacked on Saturday resulting in the loss of $360,000 worth of NFTs.

OKHotshot, a blockchain security firm was the first who alerted the community about the incidents with the two official Discord groups via a Twitter post.

🚨BAYC & OtherSide discords got compromised‼️

Seems because Community Manager @BorisVagner got his account breached, which let the scammers execute their phishing attack. Over 145E in was stolen

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— OKHotshot (@NFTherder) June 4, 2022

According to OKHotshot, the account of Yuga Labs’ community and social manager Boris Vagner was hacked and after receiving unauthorised access, scammers spread various phishing links across BAYC, Otherside, and MAYC official Discord channels.

These phishing messages promised the exclusive limited giveaways for BAYC, Otherside, and MAYC NFT holders along with the link to a page where visitors could mint the free NFT.

“Please note that there’s only a limited quantity if you are and you were too slow to get one and unfortunately did pay a high gas fee, we proceed the next coming days. (Just be patient!)”, the Discord message said.

11 hours after the OKHotshot post, Yuga Labs confirmed the attack in a tweet, saying that the incident is still under investigation.

Our Discord servers were briefly exploited today. The team caught and addressed it quickly. About 200 ETH worth of NFTs appear to have been impacted. We are still investigating, but if you were impacted, email us at [email protected].
— Bored Ape Yacht Club (@BoredApeYC) June 4, 2022

However, Saturday’s incident wasn’t the first attack on BAYC’s social media, as in April 2022 BAYC's Instagram account was similarly hacked to share malicious links to scam websites that allowed to heist nearly $3 million worth of NFTs from users’ wallets.