This influencer lost $27,000 worth of NFTs with a simple Google search

Nearly $30,000 (approximately Rs. The influencer has claimed that his wallet full of digital collectibles was emptied in a hack. Nearly $30,000 worth of valuable NFTs (approx.

Along with the most expensive Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) NFTa number of other ETH 19 NFTs worth up to over Rs. 24 lakh have been reported stolen, as per ether scan.

The verified Twitter account by ‘NFT God’, which has over 91,000 followers, mostly from the crypto community, posted about the incident and warned others not to be scammed.

“My Twitter was hacked. I open the Open sea Bookmark my monkey and there it is. A very different wallet listed as the owner. I knew in that moment that everything was gone. All. All my crypto and NFTs ripped from me,” the influencer tweeted.

The hack took place on January 15, according to the influencer.

Last week, cybersecurity firm Cyble warned of malware preying on phishing victims Google ads. This malware was named Rhadamanthys Stealer by the company.

“Rhadamanthys stealer proliferates using Google ads that redirect user to phishing websites impersonating popular software like Zoom, AnyDesk, etc. It can also proliferate via spam emails that contain attachment to deliver malicious payload. The TAs behind this campaign have also created a highly convincing phishing webpage posing as legitimate websites to trick users into downloading the stealer malware. The link to these phishing sites is propagated via Google ads,” Cyble said in its statement report. Google has yet to issue a statement on the NFT influencer’s claims.

While sharing details of his ordeal with his followers on Twitter, the victim claimed he made a mistake in setting up his own ledger account on his new computer, which may have given the hacker access to his social media accounts and digital wallets.

“I’m going to set up my ledger with it and I’m making a critical mistake. I set it up as a hot wallet instead of a cold wallet,” he noted.

Hot wallets are connected to the internet, which makes them more vulnerable to hacking attempts, while cold wallets are those that store crypto tokens offline, but their disadvantage is that they can be lost or damaged by the holders.

According to a CoinTelegraph Reportmost of the stolen ETH was sent across multiple wallets to a decentralized exchange called FixedFloat.

This isn’t the first instance of Google ads being used in conjunction with phishing malware. in October 2022, binance chairman Changpeng Zhao had also warned crypto investors about malicious actors targeting them via Google.

In September, Google Play Store analysis revealed that two apps – Mister Phone Cleaner and Kylhavy Mobile Security – were infected with malware called SharkBot which was able to steal cookies from accounts while bypassing authentication methods that require user input, such as B. Fingerprints.