Actor Bill Murray loses $185,000 worth of Ethereum hours after raising funds in NFT auction
Ethereum Mga NFTAng aktor na si Bill Murray ay nawalan ng $185,000 na halaga ng Ethereum na mga oras pagkatapos makalikom ng mga pondo sa NFT auction09 / 04 / 2022Balita ng Ethereum ng Bitcoin Isang Ethereum (ETH) wallet belonging to actor Bill Murray was hacked hours after receiving funds from a non-fungible tokens (NFTs) auction inspired by his life. The actor lost the 119.2 ETH raised from the auction, although investigations are ongoing to identify the perpetrator, CoinDesk iniulat sa Septyembre 2. On-chain analysis data by Etherscan indicates that the hacker began retrieving the funds on September 1. Furthermore, the actor‘s team noted that the bad actor tried to steal about 800 NFTs from Murray’s personal collection but the plot was foiled. Following the attempt, the actors wallet security team from NFT consultancy platform Project Venkman moved the collection to a pair of safehouse wallets. Funds transferred to Binance linked address Initial investigations indicate that the hacker transferred the stolen funds to an address linked to crypto exchange Binance and Union Chain. At the same time, it is not yet clear how the hacker managed to gain access to the funds. Murrays team is also engaging with crypto analysis firm Chainalysis to conduct a forensic audit