Prominent blockchain security firm PeckshieldAlert and onchain sleuth Zachxbt revealed on Nov. 4 that a phishing scammer operating under the pseudonym Monkey Drainer had stolen 7 Cryptopunks and 20 Otherdeed NFTs.
#PeckShieldUyarı @zachxbt Monkey Drainer'ın ~7 CryptoPunk ve ~20 Otherdeed yakaladığını tespit etti #NFT
0xc…466 ~120 transfer etti $ ETH Monkey Drainer'a 0x8…fB8 ve 200 $ ETH Tornado parasına https://t.co/MpJQoZjYWl pic.twitter.com/qdbFVPI6yY—PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) 4 Kasım 2022
The news was first reported by self-acclaimed 2D scam detector ZackXBT, who estimated the stolen collectibles were worth 520 ETH — roughly $824,200.
Monkey drainer was also used recently when both AJT & Gabriel Leydon were sim swapped.
Prior to that he’s had other huge attacks as well. https://t.co/OlDCFvJ6BA pic.twitter.com/ZMcdnYFnRo
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) 4 Kasım 2022
The recent theft represents the second exploit by the Monkey drainer within ten days. On Oct. 25, the exploiter ripped off 700 ETH ($1 million) over 24 hours from several victims.
1/ Son 24 saatte ~700 ETH (1 milyon dolar), Monkey Drainer olarak bilinen kimlik avı dolandırıcısı tarafından çalındı.
Kısa süre önce, sadece birkaç ay civarında kaldıktan sonra, süzgeç cüzdanlarından 7300 işlemi aştılar. pic.twitter.com/6vAYBiqCxQ
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) 25 Ekim 2022
Two of the largest victims lost $370,000 by signing transactions on malicious phishing sites operated by Monkey Drainer. One of the victims lost one BAYC, one CloneX, $36,000 in USDC, and 12 other NFTs worth around $150,000, whereas another held over $6.2 million worth of crypto at the time but only lost $220,000.
Update: Monkey spammed the thread with bots pic.twitter.com/gKvN1qhpol
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) 25 Ekim 2022
Monkey Drainer usually robs NFTs holders of their collection through phishing attacks setting fake crypto and NFT sites, posing as prominent blockchain platforms like Aptos and RTFKT.
Meanwhile, digital asset firms are bracing up against Monkey Drainer. Recently, Web3 security firm zincir istismarı flagged four addresses connected to the Hacker.
Source: https://cryptoslate.com/monkey-drainer-steals-7-cryptopunks-20-otherdeed-nfts/