Proof Collective co-founder Kevin Rose is the latest high-profile NFT investor to fall victim to a “social engineering” attack. On Wednesday, he signed a single transaction that triggered the sale of the majority of his collection for free.
Rose is a well-known tech investor. Before entering the world of NFTs, he co-founded Digg, had a stint at Google Ventures, and created apps focused on fasting and meditation. Proof Collective, which launched in late 2021 and created the popular Moonbirds series, counts Beeple and Gary Vee among its members.
ອ່ານຕື່ມ: NFTs ຫົກຕົວເລກເຫຼົ່ານີ້ແມ່ນຫຼຸດລົງ 99%
The total loss is hard to specify, given the nature of NFTs. Rarity within a collection, price volatility between sales, and the illiquidity of the markets all make valuation tricky, but Arkham Intelligence puts puts the figure at 1.09 $ ລ້ານ (using “the floor price of [the tokens’] relative collections”), while 0xfoobar ການຄາດຄະເນ the value at approximately $2 million.
The lost tokens were all from Rose’s personal collection. Proof Collective’s holdings, which are secured by multi-signature accounts, are ບໍ່ມີຜົນກະທົບ.
Luckily for Rose, some of the highest-valued tokens in his collection weren’t taken. These include two Cryptopunks (one of which last changed hands for $1.8 million), likely because the collection predates the current default token standard for NFTs.
ອ່ານຕື່ມ: ທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດຂອງ NFTs ທີ່ບໍ່ດີທີ່ສຸດທີ່ຖືກຂຸດຄົ້ນໃນປີ 2022
How did Kevin Rose get scammed?
Rose was “phished” into signing a ເຮັດທຸລະກໍາ that bundled the NFTs together into a single sale — priced at 0 WETH — and transferred them to the attacker’s address. The bundle was created by manually interacting with OpenSea’s Seaport contracts, which could then be presented to Rose via social engineering.
Source: https://protos.com/high-profile-investor-accidentally-gives-away-nft-collection/