April Fool’s Day came early for fans of the famous Bored Ape Yachting Club Non-Fungible Code Group.
The company behind the best-selling NFTs warned users around 2 a.m. New York time on Friday that its instant messaging platform Discord had been hacked and “briefly been hacked,” telling users not to trade digital assets — the process of taking the assets. digital files and convert them to a digital file stored on the blockchain – i.e. Apes on its platform.
Stay safe. Don’t silence anything from any Discord right now. Our Discord web hook was hacked for a while. We picked it up right away but please be aware: we don’t do any secret coins / airdrops from April Fools etc. Other controversies are also being attacked at the moment. – Bored Ape Yacht Club (@BoredApeYC) Apr 1, 2022
Domain name provider Namecheap said on Twitter that it stopped phishing sites used by hackers shortly after users flagged them.
The Bored Apes, acquired by celebrities such as Madonna, Paris Hilton, and Justin Beiber, have been at the forefront of the NFTs craze, as digital collectibles increasingly move into the mainstream. The tokens, which combine the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain with the world of creative pursuits, are fodder for both retailers and professional investors.
The BAYC Discord channel remains closed. Bored Ape Yacht Club allows users to create monkey-inspired NFTs built on the Ethereum blockchain featuring cartoon primate profiles. Yuga Labs, the company that created the group, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
ApeCoin, an Ethereum token associated with the group, is down about 9% to $12.64 in the past 24 hours, according to data on CoinMarketCap.
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