Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Nikhil Gopalani
Hack or exploit on Jan 3, 2023 · Phishing attack
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$173K
sources: $159K to $173K
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,537
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Nikhil Gopalani, chief operating officer of Nike's encrypted fashion brand RTFKT, tweeted that he was attacked by a phisher and lost more than $173,000, including 19 CloneX NFTs, 18 RTKFT Space Pods, 11 CryptoKicks, etc. Gopalani believes the phishing attack may have been the result of accidentally providing confidential information to hackers posing as Apple representatives.
Details
- Date
- Jan 3, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Phishing attack
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Nikhil Gopalani hack, Jan 3, 2023: $173K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/hte6d64f0dc6/ (data as of 2026-10-31).