Beeple’s Twitter Account Got Hacked In A Phishing Scam

Beeple’s Twitter account got hacked in a phishing scam and was linked to a dodgy website that stole more than $70,000 in crypto so let’s read more today in our latest cryptocurrency news.

The digital artist Beeple’s Twitter account was hacked as a part of a phishing scam that seems to have stolen up to $70,000 in Ethereum. As per the NFT artists and other Twitter users like the security expert at crypto wallet MetaMask Harry Denley, Beeple’s account shared a phishing link which If it gets clicked on, steals users’ crypto. The tweet shared a link to a fraudulent website that pretended to be a “raffle” of Beeple’s Louis Vuitton collaboration from back in 2019 but when people clicked the link, one ETH was drained from their wallets instantly as per Denley.
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Ethereum is the second biggest crypto by market cap and a blockchain upon which most NFTs are built. Ethereum was trading at a little over 00 at the time of writing.
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⚠️ Beeple's Twitter account has been compromised (ATO) to post a phishing website to steal funds.

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— harry.eth 🦊💙 (whg.eth) (@sniko_) May 22, 2022

Denley added that more than $50,000 in ETH were stolen and that bad actor continued using Beeple’s Twitter account for an even more sophisticated scam where $72,165 total had been stolen by the address. Beeple tweeted that his account was normal and that he took over control adding:

 “Stay safe out there, anything too good to be true IS A FUCKING SCAM.”

These scams are common in the crypto space, especially on Twitter. A phishing scam hacked verified accounts to steal up to $1 million in a fake Apecoin airdrop. Beeple’s real name Mike Winklemann, is a popular artist that helped boost NFTs into the mainstream. He managed to sell an NFT artwork for $69.3 million at the Christie’s auction house and smashed records in the digital art space.

ugh we’ll that was fun way to wake up. 😫

Twitter was hacked but we have control now. Huge thanks to @garyvee ‘a team for quick help!!!! 🙏🙏🙏

— beeple (@beeple) May 22, 2022

As recently reported, Pop icon Madonna launched the first NFT with Beeple and it announced it recently saying that the collection includes CGI Madonna giving birth and it is called the “Mother of Creation.” Madonna has a Bored Ape Yacht Club Twitter Profile shared that the pair started collaborating on the first NFT a year ago.  The NFTs with Madonna touches upon an emotional connection to technology but also nature. The visuals in the NFTs are surreal and quite disturbing so the result is a contrast between the soft side of the women and the sterility of the research labs.