NFT influencer – NFT God – has reported that his entire crypto pockets was drained of NFTs after clicking on an innocuous Google Advert. From his Twitter account, he said that he was unknowingly downloading malware upon clicking a obtain hyperlink for a web site by way of Google Advertisements.
Consequently, he added that he misplaced “a life[-]altering quantity of [his] web value” in an array of digital property.
It was solely when he seen just a few phishing tweets from different Twitter accounts that one thing was severely incorrect. What’s extra, the dangerous actors additionally breached his different accounts, equivalent to his Substack (resulting in phishing emails being despatched to his 16,000 subscribers).
General, NFT God misplaced greater than $30,000 (roughly 19 ETH) resulting from this assault, all earlier than the property had been distributed throughout a number of wallets. These property had been then transferred throughout to FixedFloat DEX after which bought off for varied cryptos.