Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
BAYC/Otherside
Hack or exploit on Jun 4, 2022 · Phishing
IN REVIEWSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$257K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,381
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Discord accounts of BAYC's community manager were compromised, and attackers posted fake limited-quantity giveaway links to a phishing site. Users were tricked into approving malicious contracts, losing 32 NFTs and over $257K in ETH.
In review: possible duplicate within one source.
Details
- Date
- Jun 4, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Phishing
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- NFTfi
- Chains
- Ethereum
Related incidents
Phishing sites appearing to be the "Otherside" Bored Ape land project steal NFTs valued at $6 million 2022 · Scam · $6.1M
BAYC 2022 · Hack or exploit · undisclosed
Hacked verified Twitter accounts impersonate BAYC founders, scam $1 million with fake ApeCoin airdrop 2022 · Scam · $1M
FTX 2022 · Hack or exploit · $477M
Wintermute 2022 · Hack or exploit · $160M
BAYC 2022 · Hack or exploit · undisclosed
Hacked verified Twitter accounts impersonate BAYC founders, scam $1 million with fake ApeCoin airdrop 2022 · Scam · $1M
FTX 2022 · Hack or exploit · $477M
Wintermute 2022 · Hack or exploit · $160M
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "BAYC/Otherside hack, Jun 4, 2022: $257K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht4d82347449/ (data as of 2026-10-31).