A phishing assault appears to have infiltrated the Discord servers of Yuga Lab projects Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Otherside.
Over 145 Ethereum ($256,000) worth of tokens were allegedly stolen by the attackers. It appears that a community manager’s account was hacked, giving the attackers access to the servers’ admin accounts.
They then posted a link to a phishing site where users were invited to link their wallets in order to gain access to a “exclusive gift.” The BAYC Discord has been disabled, and admins on the Otherside server are advising members to turn off direct communications.
This isn’t the first time BAYC has hacked Discord this year. In the last three months, the project has been the target of a series of phishing assaults, which resulted in the theft of many NFTs.
32 NFTs were stolen, according to data from blockchain security firm PeckShield, including one BAYC token, two Mutant Apes, five Otherdeeds, and one Bored Ape Kennel Club token.
The hack appears to be one of the most destructive in recent memory. In previous attacks this year, one to two tokens were stolen per attack.
Yuga Labs has yet to make a public statement on the subject. According to Coingecko data, BAYC’s floor price has likewise declined by 2.9 percent in the last 24 hours.
