Hack history / 2021 / Rug pull
Evolved Apes
Rug pull on Oct 6, 2021 · Rug Pull
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$2.7M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#624
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
The official Twitter account and website of the NFT project Evolved Apes, the project developer "Evil Ape" disappeared last week, and took away 798 ETH worth US$2.7 million.
Details
- Date
- Oct 6, 2021
- Kind
- Rug pull
- Method
- Rug Pull
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
Related incidents
"Undead Apes Society" creator charged over rug pull 2024 · Later news (arrest, ruling) · $128K
Made by Apes 2023 · Fraud · undisclosed
Scammer steals fourteen Bored Apes from one victim, flips them for over $1 million 2022 · Scam · $1.1M
NFT collector loses Bored Apes he bought for nearly $2 million in two consecutive scams 2022 · Scam · $1.9M
Collector loses four Bored Apes valued at over $500,000 to phishing attack 2022 · Scam · $546K
Made by Apes 2023 · Fraud · undisclosed
Scammer steals fourteen Bored Apes from one victim, flips them for over $1 million 2022 · Scam · $1.1M
NFT collector loses Bored Apes he bought for nearly $2 million in two consecutive scams 2022 · Scam · $1.9M
Collector loses four Bored Apes valued at over $500,000 to phishing attack 2022 · Scam · $546K
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Evolved Apes rug pull, Oct 6, 2021: $2.7M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht1612d082c6/ (data as of 2026-10-31).