Nikhil Gopalani Wallet Hack

TOTAL LOST $170K
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What happened

Quick Summary

Nikhil Gopalani, chief operating officer of Nike's encrypted fashion brand RTFKT wallet was compromised by a phisher. NFTs for about 170k USD were transferred to malicious addresses.

Block Data Reference

Scammer addresess:

https://etherscan.io/address/0x6c7ae5fd…35cf46

Case & protocol details

Classification Other
Protocol Type Exploit/Phishing
Protocol Twitter/X @Nikgopalani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1610120899570663425%7Ctwgr%5E82c325ea65649cc5466be510ccead4717a703b65%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdecrypt.co%2F118318%2Fnikes-rtfkt-coo-loses-his-nfts-in-massive-hack

Evidence & learning

Attack pattern

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Sources and on-chain records

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