Incident Overview
Boris Wagner's Discord was compromised, which the hacker took advantage of by posting a phishing link with airdrop through his account.
The Bored Ape Yacht Club is a collection of 10000 unique Bored Ape NFTsβ unique digital collectibles living on the Ethereum blockchain.
After gaining access to the employeeβs account, scammers shared a phishing link from Vagnerβs Discord account into the official BAYC, MAYC and Otherside groups. The community, without suspecting anything suspicious, without hesitation followed the link and clicking on the "get airdrop" button signed a transaction to give all their funds to the scammers.
Incident Report
Protocol Information
What the Attacker Needed to Succeed
Understanding the prerequisites for this type of attack helps auditors identify protocols that are most at risk and helps developers build better defenses.
What Auditors Should Check
If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to BAYC & OtherSide, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (June 2022).
- Verify all logic paths related to Phishing are guarded by proper access controls and input validation - see the Phishing Attacks attack class for patterns
- Review privileged functions (owner, admin, governance) for potential abuse vectors - centralization risks should be documented and bounded with timelocks or multi-sigs
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Free TrialRelated Attack Classes
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