Hack history / 2023 / Phishing
SOL Big Brain
Phishing on Aug 26, 2023 · Phishing Attack
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$1.5M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#795
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
NFT collector SOL Big Brain lost about $1.5 million. Attackers compromised the Telegram account of a portfolio company founder and used it to send messages to SOL Big Brain, which double-checked that the sender was indeed the company founder and followed instructions. However, the attackers have set up a contract that uses wallets that allow phishing to drain SOL Big Brain. He lost $740,000 in stablecoins, $550,000 in ETH, and $200,000 in GEAR tokens.
Details
- Date
- Aug 26, 2023
- Kind
- Phishing
- Method
- Phishing Attack
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "SOL Big Brain phishing, Aug 26, 2023: $1.5M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htee01d036bf/ (data as of 2026-10-31).