It’s April 1st – a day celebrated internationally by people who make practical jokes and have fun. In previous years, we’ve always dedicated a piece on something fun and whimsical to brighten the mood of our readers, but today, it’s important to remain careful.
The industry has changed a lot over the past year, and with the advent of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), scammers have found a new niche to exploit.
Over the past month, we’ve all heard numerous stories of people losing their prized NFTs, including some that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, like the items from the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection.
If history is any indicator, chances are scammers are taking full advantage of today’s nature and trying to lure lots of people into “surprise sales” and the like. In fact, the official Bored Ape Yacht Club Twitter already contains a warning.
Bored Ape Yacht Club Sounds an Alarm
The official Twitter account behind BAYC warned its users today of a webhook in their Discord server that has been briefly compromised.
BE CAREFUL. Don’t hit anything from any Discord just yet. A webhook in our Discord was briefly compromised. WE caught it immediately, but be aware that we don’t do stealth April Fool’s Day / airdrops etc. Other Discords are also under attack right now.
Indeed, many other Discord servers raised similar concerns. Although not directly hacked or breached, many teams made it explicitly clear that they haven’t planned anything for today and that everything alleging otherwise is a scam.
Discord Captcha Bot supposedly compromised
A large number of projects whose communities are active in Discord have raised the alarm that the official Captcha Bot has been compromised.
Many allege that it has been hacked. It is a widely-used tool that, if you’ve used Discord regularly have likely stumbled upon at one point or another.
Most servers recommend removing all permissions associated with the Captcha Bot to be completely safe.
Once again, we urge our readers to remain extremely careful not only today but in general. Never trust unverified sources, especially on Discord. It’s highly advisable to turn off the DM function and make it so that you can only receive DMs from people who are already in your friend’s list.
