Cyber heists in digital playground, school-age hackers steal millions in NFTs
The world of NFTs has fallen prey to an unexpected wave of school-age cyber bandits, orchestrating intricate phishing scams that have netted them million s in stolen assets. The digital finance platform Orbiter Finance was victimized last month when a false journalist impersonating an employee of a cryptocurrency news outlet deceived a Discord moderator. This ruse allowed the false journalist to gain control of the Discord server, limiting administrators’ abilities and preventing community members from messaging. The infiltrator used this control to promote a fictitious airdrop event, directing users to a phishing site meant to steal their NFTs. As a result, NFTs and tokens valued at approximately one million dollars were taken. For a brief moment, our Twitter account was compromised. We have successfully regained access and removed the malicious posts. We are investigating how this happened. Stay safe and always verify links you see on Twitter! — Zerion (@zerion) Ju...