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Hacker Incidents on the Rise! NFT Blue-Chip Collector Loses 600 ETH, RTFKT COO's 19 CloneX Stolen

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Hacker Incidents on the Rise! NFT Blue-Chip Collector Loses 600 ETH, RTFKT COO

In recent times, there have been frequent NFT hacking incidents. Collector CryptoNovo lost a large number of blue-chip NFTs due to authorization issues, while RTFKT's COO Nikhil Gopalani also fell victim to a phishing attack, resulting in the complete transfer of all CloneX ecosystem NFTs from his wallet. The combined losses of the two individuals exceed $600,000.

Multiple Valuable NFTs Hacked! NFT Collectors Suffer Heavy Losses

NFT collector CryptoNovo announced this morning that their NFT holdings were hacked, including 3 CryptoPunks, 3 Meebits, 2 CloneX, 1 BAYC, and 1 MAYC transferred. Based on the minimum prices of each project, CryptoNovo suffered a loss of approximately 320 ETH, around $400,000.

However, some of the hacked NFTs are of high rarity, such as CryptoPunks with hats and robot Meebits. NFT expert Cirrus estimated a loss of around 600 ETH, approximately $750,000.

In relation to this incident, blockchain detective ZachXBT mentioned that the Discord of NFT project KUMALEON was hacked in November last year, resulting in several community members having their NFTs stolen. The perpetrator of both incidents may be the same person, with the hacker frequently using the exchange FixedFloat to move funds.

Furthermore, by checking CryptoNovo's wallet address through the authorization site Revoke, it was discovered that the hacked NFTs provided the hacker's address with unrestricted authorization, allowing the hacker to transfer NFTs in large quantities within a short period.

RTFKT COO Also Hacked

In addition to today's hacking incident, RTFKT COO Nikhil Gopalani stated on Twitter yesterday that due to a phishing attack, a large number of CloneX ecosystem NFTs were hacked, including 19 CloneX, 18 Space Pods, 19 Animus Eggs, 11 CryptoKicks, and 12 MNLTHX, resulting in an estimated loss of at least 150 ETH, around $187,500.

Nikhil Gopalani believes that the hacker used an Apple phone message impersonation to unintentionally disclose information, leading to this unfortunate event.