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[[File:Coolcatsnft.jpg|thumb|Coolcats NFT Website]]Coolcats was reportedly among those projects affected by a breach on their Discord servers. These typically promised an enticing mint in order to convince followers to provide full wallet authorization. Once the wallet was authorized, it would be emptied.

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== About Coolcats ==
"WE LIKE THE CATS Welcome to Cool Cats! Experience the world of Cooltopia with Blue Cat and his friends."

"Cool Cats is a global storytelling brand centered around our beloved character, Blue Cat, who was created in 2013 by our founding artist, Colin Egan. Today, Cool Cats is a rich ecosystem of captivating characters and comics, innovative games, unique merchandise, and fun animations."

"Once you interact with these fake bots they will snag your discord token, giving them instant access to your account without 2FA or your password."

"A thread summarizing the recent Discord attacks of several high-profile servers including @CoolCats, @RTFKT, @projectPXN, @moonbirds and more."

This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.

The background of the exchange platform, service, or individuals involved, as it would have been seen or understood at the time of the events.

Include:

* Known history of when and how the service was started.
* What problems does the company or service claim to solve?
* What marketing materials were used by the firm or business?
* Audits performed, and excerpts that may have been included.
* Business registration documents shown (fake or legitimate).
* How were people recruited to participate?
* Public warnings and announcements prior to the event.

Don't Include:
* Any wording which directly states or implies that the business is/was illegitimate, or that a vulnerability existed.
* Anything that wasn't reasonably knowable at the time of the event.
There could be more than one section here. If the same platform is involved with multiple incidents, then it can be linked to a main article page.

== The Reality ==
This sections is included if a case involved deception or information that was unknown at the time. Examples include:

* When the service was actually started (if different than the "official story").
* Who actually ran a service and their own personal history.
* How the service was structured behind the scenes. (For example, there was no "trading bot".)
* Details of what audits reported and how vulnerabilities were missed during auditing.

== What Happened ==
The specific events of the loss and how it came about. What actually happened to cause the loss and some of the events leading up to it.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key Event Timeline - Coolcats NFT Discord Hacked
!Date
!Event
!Description
|-
|May 17th, 2022 9:48:00 PM MDT
|Twitter Post
|Unknown Twitter post.
|}

== Technical Details ==
This section includes specific detailed technical analysis of any security breaches which happened. What specific software vulnerabilities contributed to the problem and how were they exploited?

== Total Amount Lost ==
The total amount lost is unknown.

How much was lost and how was it calculated? If there are conflicting reports, which are accurate and where does the discrepancy lie?

== Immediate Reactions ==
How did the various parties involved (firm, platform, management, and/or affected individual(s)) deal with the events? Were services shut down? Were announcements made? Were groups formed?

== Ultimate Outcome ==
What was the end result? Was any investigation done? Were any individuals prosecuted? Was there a lawsuit? Was any tracing done?

== Total Amount Recovered ==
There do not appear to have been any funds recovered in this case.

What funds were recovered? What funds were reimbursed for those affected users?

== Ongoing Developments ==
What parts of this case are still remaining to be concluded?
== Individual Prevention Policies ==
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{{Prevention:Individuals:End}}

== Platform Prevention Policies ==
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== Regulatory Prevention Policies ==
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{{Prevention:Regulators:End}}

== References ==
<references><ref name="web3specialisttwitter-9744">[https://twitter.com/web3specialist/status/1526978159509286912 @web3specialist Twitter] (Nov 24, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="interlockweb3twitter-9762">[https://twitter.com/interlockweb3/status/1526893044095664128 @interlockweb3 Twitter] (Nov 24, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="eggb0mbtwitter-9745">[https://twitter.com/eggb0mb_/status/1513443469406183425 @eggb0mb_ Twitter] (Nov 24, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="chox3twitter-9746">[https://twitter.com/CHOX3__/status/1519240898437328898 @CHOX3__ Twitter] (Nov 24, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="trickynftstwitter-9731">[https://twitter.com/Tricky_NFTs/status/1526849651546144769 @Tricky_NFTs Twitter] (Nov 24, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="ryukdevtwitter-9732">[https://twitter.com/ryuk_dev/status/1526771791959453696 @ryuk_dev Twitter] (Nov 24, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="lukenamoptwitter-9733">[https://twitter.com/lukenamop/status/1526855835527303171 @lukenamop Twitter] (Nov 24, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="nftherdertwitter-9748">[https://twitter.com/NFTherder/status/1531307520366632964 @NFTherder Twitter] (Nov 24, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="coolcats-11893">[https://coolcats.com/ Home Page - Cool Cats] (Sep 19, 2023)</ref>

<ref name="coolcats-11894">[https://coolcats.com/about About the Cats - Cool Cats] (Sep 19, 2023)</ref>

<ref name="yugalabstwitter-11892">[https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1549157338665336839 @yugalabs Twitter] (Sep 20, 2023)</ref></references>

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