{"id":61838,"date":"2022-05-23T10:38:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T07:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=61838"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:30:50","slug":"hackers-steal-about-438000-through-a-compromised-beeple-twitter-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/hackers-steal-about-438000-through-a-compromised-beeple-twitter-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers steal about $438,000 through a compromised Beeple Twitter account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unknown hackers gained access to the Twitter account of artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, to post phishing links.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f Beeple&#8217;s Twitter account has been compromised (ATO) to post a phishing website to steal funds.<\/p>\n<p>0x7b69c4f2ACF77300025E49DbDbB65B068b2Fda7D<br \/>0xF305F6073CFa24f05FF15CA5b387DD91f871b983 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0MPNwOPlEu\">pic.twitter.com\/0MPNwOPlEu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 harry.eth \ud83e\udd8a\ud83d\udc99 (whg.eth) (@sniko_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sniko_\/status\/1528320829741842432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Users were invited to a website allegedly dedicated to Beeple&#8217;s partnership with the fashion house Louis Vuitton.<\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity specialist with the handle harry.eth from the MetaMask team noted that clicking the link led to unauthorized withdrawals from the user&#8217;s wallet. The attackers&#8217; haul amounted to 35 ETH (~$71 200).<\/p>\n<p>The hackers later changed tactics and published a new phishing link. As a result, they obtained another 100 ETH and 45 NFTs. In total, users lost assets worth about $438,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If we assume everything is secure, at time of this tweet the bad actors managed to scam:<\/p>\n<p>Scam #1<br \/>36ETH (~$72k)<br \/>0xf305 is yet to withdraw<\/p>\n<p>Scam #2<br \/>62.35ETH (~$125k)<br \/>37.59WETH (~$75k)<br \/>45 NFTs (est ~$166k)<\/p>\n<p>Total = $438k (active for ~5hours)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 harry.eth \ud83e\udd8a\ud83d\udc99 (whg.eth) (@sniko_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sniko_\/status\/1528383030175444993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unknown attackers retained control of the artist&#8217;s account for roughly five hours before he managed to regain it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ugh we\u2019ll that was fun way to wake up. \ud83d\ude2b<\/p>\n<p>Twitter was hacked but we have control now. Huge thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garyvee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@garyvee<\/a> \u2018a team for quick help!!!! \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 beeple (@beeple) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beeple\/status\/1528380635081068544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In March 2021, Beeple sold at Christie\u2019s auction the work Everydays: The First 5000 Days as <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/beeples-nft-sells-at-christies-for-69-3-million\">NFT for $60.3 million<\/a>. Including fees, the buyer paid $69.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2022, the artist announced the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/madonna-and-beeple-create-nft-featuring-a-birth-giving-singer\">a joint NFT collection with pop star Madonna<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unknown hackers gained access to the Twitter account of artist Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, to post phishing links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1704,1154],"class_list":["post-61838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-beeple","tag-crimes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61840,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61838\/revisions\/61840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}