gAins00taHīased on a large number of retweets and responses, this announcement seems to have gotten the most attention, and alerted a wide range of artists to the ongoing threat. I’m an idiot don’t me an idiot like me and secure your shit. They tried to access other app but my 2fa blocked them to. On June 11th, three days after the attack on Suryanto Sur, FVCKRENDER announced that he too had been attacked via a similar scenario (see also featured image above):īe really careful out there I was dumb enough to not overlook this and open their SCR file and got my metamask swiped from à to Z all my tokens gone. Attackers stole money and NFTs and often demanded ransom payments. Once the file was downloaded and unzipped, it revealed an SCR file that unleashed a software attack allowing the hackers to access passwords and other sensitive information. Though the details varied, the essential plotline involved outreach for an art commission, whether corporate or personal, followed by a link to a zipped file on Google drive. This dramatic news first appeared to be an isolated horror story, but was soon revealed to be an early warning of widespread attacks. I agreed to do a commission for someone who sent me a file to download, and it gave them access to everything.
Perhaps the earliest alert came from artist Suryanto Sur who posted on June 8th that not only was his wallet hacked but that the attackers were sending additional threats and demanding a ransom:ĭearest collectors and friends, my wallet has been hacked. A great deal of information was shared on Twitter about the attacks and a number of brief guides to improve NFT security were shared by artists and their allies as well. The combination of social engineering and software hacks led to the loss of untold sums and NFTs to the attackers. Since at least June 8th, a number of crypto artists have announced on Twitter that they were tricked into downloading malicious files because they believed that they were being contacted via social media for art commissions.
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