Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
UGC
Hack or exploit on Apr 10, 2022 · Account Compromise
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
The Education Grants Council (UGC) of India was hacked, the hackers used the Twitter account to post a fake Azuki NFT airdrop link and changed the profile to the Azuki NFT co-creator, replacing the avatar with an Azuki-related image. The agency recovered the account after it was held hostage for six hours.
Details
- Date
- Apr 10, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Account Compromise
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "UGC hack, Apr 10, 2022: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/hte8aa1c0e6b/ (data as of 2026-10-31).