Cryptocurrency worth 17 million yen becomes a scammer via Discord



The official Discord channel of the non-fungible token (NFT) market ' Fractal ' launched by Twitch co-founder Justin Kan has been hacked and is worth $ 150,000 (about 17 million yen) owned by users It turns out that the crypto assets of the company have fallen into the hands of fraudsters.

Our Discord got hacked today .. A letter to the Fractal community | by Fractal | Dec, 2021 | Medium
https://fractal.medium.com/dear-fractal-community-70173e8a5ea7

Scammers steal $ 150K worth of crypto from NFT project with Discord hack --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/21/22848840/scammers-steal-crypto-nft-project-fractal-discord-hack-solana

Fractal, launched by Mr. Kang, is a game-based NFT market that uses the emerging network Solana (SOL) for its blockchain. Fractal has a market where game companies sell avatars and digital items directly, and a market for trading between users, and the project team said that it would like to release the platform within a few weeks after the announcement. ..

Fractal has been attracting attention from NFT supporters, with more than 100,000 users on the official Discord channel, but it seems that scammers are also looking at Fractal at the same time. On December 21, local time, Kang said on Twitter that 'our @fractalwagmi (Fractal) Discord announcement bot has been hacked,' revealing that the official Discord channel has been hacked.



The scammer posted a malicious message to the Discord channel via a webhook that makes a POST request to the URL specified when the event occurred. The message states that in order to receive the newly issued (minted ) NFT by the official Fractal team, it is necessary to follow the posted URL and connect the Solana wallet, and receive the NFT. Some expected users have connected the wallet.

However, the user who actually connected the wallet did not receive the NFT, and Solana in the wallet was sent to the scammer instead. The total number of victims is 373, and the total damage is estimated to be about 150,000 dollars (about 17 million yen).

In response to this, Fractal's official Twitter account posted, 'We have not announced any mint. All URLs that push this claim are fraudulent. Do not trust these links or mint.' Did.



A few hours before the scammer's message was posted, Fractal's official Twitter account posted a tweet that hinted at the airdrop (distribution) of tokens. It has been pointed out that scammers may have sent fake messages in conjunction with this post, as NFT users are sensitive to mint and distribution of tokens.



Fractal announced in an official blog explaining the scam that it plans to provide full compensation for the victims. Victims who accidentally connect their Solana wallet are urged not to delete their wallet. Information on future NFT distribution will be communicated through official Twitter, and Mr. Kang's video will be attached to the official message with the hashtag '#ProofOfJustin'. Fractal is also in contact with Discord's trust security team to help track down hackers.

In addition, Fractal is calling on users themselves to be more vigilant against scams, saying that some scams may continue to occur. 'If you feel that something related to a crypto asset is incorrect, don't move on even if it looks legitimate at first. Best because crypto assets don't have a'revert'button. You have to make a decision. Fractal will not charge for NFT airdrops. '

In recent years, frauds related to cryptocurrencies and NFTs have frequently occurred, and there have been cases of launching dummy NFT projects and taking away cryptocurrencies (virtual currency) collected from investors.

Developers of NFT project 'Evolved Apes' escaped with crypto assets of 300 million yen or more, and investors who were deceived launched a new project --GIGAZINE



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