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Animoca to repay users 265 ETH stolen in fake NFT drop Discord hack



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Hong Kong-based gaming and venture capital company Animoca Brands and subsidiary Blowfish Studios have promised users that they will repay 265 Ether (ETH) or $1.1 million stolen in a fraudulent nonfungible token (NFT) sale on Discord.

The fraudulent minting event occurred at approximately 3 am Australian Eastern Daylight Time on Friday on the Phantom Galaxies Discord server. It saw 1,571 fake minting transactions over the course of about three hours.

Screenshot of a fraudulent announcement about the so-called NFT drop. Source: PhantomGalaxies Discord server
Screenshot of the fraudulent website where users could “mint” PhantomGalaxies NFTs

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