Hollywood's celebrated comedian and actor, Bill Murray, has become a victim of online hacking. A hacker has reportedly looted $185,000 (nearly Rs 1.5 crore) from Murray's digital wallet after he completed the charity auction of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Murray had hosted an NFT auction, proceeds of which were supposed to be donated to charity. As per CoinDesk reports, as soon as Murray's NFT auction that raised 119.2 ethereum (around $185,000) for charity got closed, a hacker stole the funds from his personal wallet.
The hacker sent the looted amount to a wallet address linked to the crypto exchange Binance and Unionchain.ai.
"The unknown individual also attempted to take non-fungible tokens from the actor's personal collection," according to the report.
The hacker also tried to steal 800 NFTs from the Murray personal collection.
Murray's wallet security team immediately swung into action and stopped the hackers from wiping out his entire digital wallet.
In April, hackers had looted the Instagram account belonging to Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection, stealing three million dollars worth of crypto.
Earlier this year, World's largest NFT marketplace OpenSea confirmed it was hit by a phishing attack and at least 32 users had lost their valuable NFTs worth $1.7 million.
Murray had hosted an NFT auction, proceeds of which were supposed to be donated to charity. As per CoinDesk reports, as soon as Murray's NFT auction that raised 119.2 ethereum (around $185,000) for charity got closed, a hacker stole the funds from his personal wallet.
The hacker sent the looted amount to a wallet address linked to the crypto exchange Binance and Unionchain.ai.
"The unknown individual also attempted to take non-fungible tokens from the actor's personal collection," according to the report.
@EnterTheShack_ @FoShizzlemyGriz LOVE IT https://t.co/08tAqk4ckA
— Project Venkman (@projectvenkman) 1661787041000The hacker also tried to steal 800 NFTs from the Murray personal collection.
Murray's wallet security team immediately swung into action and stopped the hackers from wiping out his entire digital wallet.
In April, hackers had looted the Instagram account belonging to Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection, stealing three million dollars worth of crypto.
Earlier this year, World's largest NFT marketplace OpenSea confirmed it was hit by a phishing attack and at least 32 users had lost their valuable NFTs worth $1.7 million.
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