Bill Murray’s Ethereum Wallet attacked for $174K

• Last night, the Ethereum wallet bound to Bill Murray was hacked.
• After understanding the attack, Chainalysis was engaged within 10 minutes.

The Ethereum wallet bound to Bill Murray, which is being utilized to sell official NFTs influenced by his life, was hacked last night next to the wind-up of a charity auction this week.

In the end, about 110 Wrapped Ethereum (WETH) was lifted from the wallet, valued at nearly $174,000 when the attack happened. The money was lifted from the wallet backing the auction of a unique and exclusive NFT this week, which elevated 119.2 WETH, or approximately $185,000 when the sale took place. All money was considered with a motive of charity. 

In an interview, Gavin Gillas, the CEO of Project Venkman, in which Murray is a co-owner, stated that he initially observed an uncertified transaction releasing 108.03 WETH (approximately $171,500) from the wallet last night. After that, one more transaction came up for 1.73 WETH (approximately $2,750). Those were the only transactions in which WETH was lifted, Gillis claimed.

The wallet also carried approximately 800 Ethereum NFTs from the Bill Murray 1,00 project is going to be sold in the upcoming week, including other NFTs that are owned by Murray by his business partners, which include CryptoPunks, VeeFriends, and Damien Hirst artwork.

Chainalysis was occupied within 10 minutes

Not a bit of the NFTs was lifted, and all left over Bill Murray’s 1,000 NFTs, including those from other projects, were shifted into different wallets in the time that backed.

The CEO and co-founder of The Chive, Gillas and John Resig, stated that they made a police complaint against the attack and swiftly occupied the resources of blockchain forensics and security firm, Chainalysis. 

“We occupied Chainalysis within 10 minutes of understanding of the attack last night. They will have a larger report on that matter, and they are interrogating all of the threads yet.”

The interrogation of Chainalysis is still going on, but Gillas has a belief that the hackers acquired uncertified access by a wallet-clearing act. These kinds of attacks basically occur after the wallet holder accidentally meets with a link used for executing scams.

In some cases, the wallet holders sign a transaction that they trust to be for a legal motive, such as minting NFT, but in reality, it gives it gives wide access rights to the wallet’s tokens used for lifting the assets. These types of scams emerged over the spring and summer using attacked Twitter accounts. 

Steve Anderson is an Australian crypto enthusiast. He is a specialist in management and trading for over 5 years. Steve has worked as a crypto trader, he loves learning about decentralisation, understanding the true potential of the blockchain.

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