Doodles NFT Discord Hack

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Doodles NFT

The Doodles NFT are a collection of 10,000 hand-drawn NFT images made by a Canadian artist with the handle "Burnt Toast". The Discord server of the project was hacked on March 31st/April 1st using an exploit in the webhooks for a ticketing system in common use. Viewers of the Discord were promised a great deal on a limited edition mint, however the site they were taken to would authorize the full withdrawal of any remaining assets in their wallets. It is unknown how much was taken, and doesn't appear any was recovered.

About Doodles NFT

"Doodles are a collection of 10,000 NFTs (non-fungible tokens) that are made up of hundreds of exciting visual traits designed by Burnt Toast." "Doodles are a colorful NFT collection of cartoonish figures with unique features and colorful backgrounds. Doodles NFTs were created by Scott Martin (aka Burnt Toast), an established Canadian artist and illustrator. Doodles are made from random combinations of 256 traits. The collection also features 62 hand-drawn Custom Doodles."

"Hand-drawn Doodles include skellys, cats, aliens, apes and mascots. The Doodles collection also includes dozens of rare heads, costumes, and colorways of the artist's palette." "Doodles NFTs are enjoyed for their droll expressions, colorful palettes and the vibrant online community that shares a passion for this project. Doodles are often used as PFPs (profile pictures) on social media platforms."

"The Doodles universe is ever-expanding and new experiences like Space Doodles are only available to collectors. While the universe expands, our brand grows, and collectors can expect exclusive access to the latest products, merchandise and events through ownership."

"Owning a Doodle allows you to vote on community-driven features, products and events. This makes our roadmap collaborative to be decided by the project founders and Doodle holders via the Doodlebank. The Doodlebank is our community treasury which boasts over $5m USD and is used to fund these experiences."

"Lift off has completed, and we are now ready to land! Mint your Doodle Planet Now! Supply 500 Limited amount! Mint 0.05 ETH. Genesis has a limited supply, be quick! Be sure to approve when minting to ensure the transaction goes through!"

"Security breaches and data attacks on crypto firms have seen a drastic rise in the last few months. A couple of days ago, the BAYC team confirmed that their Discord servers were compromised, and the hackers even managed to steal a valuable Mutant ApeYacht Club (MAYC) NFT."

"[T]he Discord of another NFT collection, Doodle, was also attacked." "Both of the phishing sites are very similar. It has to be the same group behind Doodles & BAYC."

"According to Serpent, the Ticket Tool was the real source of the hack."

"The user also stated that according to the inside information received from the hackers, the official Captcha Bot was also hacked and that the source code had been stolen."

"I have received inside information from one of the hackers. THE OFFICIAL CAPTCHA BOT IS HACKED, REMOVE IT FROM YOUR SERVER. BAYC & Doodles have already been hacked within the last 30 minutes but MANY MORE SERVERS WILL BE HACKED."

"This is not 100% confirmed to be the root cause of these hacks but remove it from your servers to stay safe and use a different verification bot."

"I was told that the owner of Captcha Bot (ImDarkDiamond) was compromised and the source code was stolen (This part is 100% confirmed)" "Last I was told, owner of captcha bot was hacked, the source code was stolen and they were going to extort him. The bot doesn't seem compromised currently but I would still stay far away from it. REAL source of the hack is 100% confirmed to be Ticket Tool." "Security researchers said a ticketing tool that checks users and sends out notifications across the channel has been compromised."

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What Happened

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Key Event Timeline - Doodles NFT Discord Hack

Date	Event	Description
March 31st, 2022 10:27:00 PM MDT	ZachXBT Report On Massive Theft	Twitter user ZachXBT reports on the theft of Bored Ape Yacht Club, Mutant Ape Yacht Club, and 2 Doodle NFTs to a different account labelled Fake_Phishing5517 on Etherscan. According to his tweet at the time, this is related to a verified Twitter Bored Ape Yacht Club scam, and unrelated to the Discord phishing channel. He provides multiple examples of phishing tweets. TBD can we reconcile whether this is related or not?
March 31st, 2022 11:02:00 PM MDT	Bored Ape Yacht Club #3738 Reported Stolen	Twitter user WuBlockchain reports that the Bored Ape Yacht Club #3738 NFT was stolen from Chinese singer Jay Chou through a phishing site, referencing an Instagram post. This appears to be due to a phishing attack on the Doodles NFT Discord.
March 31st, 2022 11:24:00 PM MDT	0xGav.eth Reports Hack on Twitter	Twitter user oxGav.eth reports the Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord is hacked.
March 31st, 2022 11:52:00 PM MDT	ZachXBT Reports Hack	Twitter user ZachXBT reports about the Discord hack on Twitter, showing a screenshot of the hack.
March 31st, 2022 11:54:00 PM MDT	ZachXBT Similarities Noted	Twitter user ZachXBT reports on the similarities between the Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord post and the Doodles Discord post, suspecting that the same group is behind both attacks.
April 1st, 2022 12:46:00 AM MDT	Serpent Reports Ticket Tool Hack	Twitter user Serpent (formerly SerpentAU) makes another post that it's "100% CONFIRMED" that "TICKET TOOL IS HACKED" along with screenshots of an "AUDIT LOG FROM DOODLES & SHAMANZS".
April 1st, 2022 1:34:00 AM MDT	Ticket Tool Posts Tweet	Ticket Tool posts an update Tweet that the problem was a recent update that "had a bug allowing for some type of permission exploit". The developer reported that he "reverted the update to the previous uncompromised version and will be looking into exactly how this happened".
April 1st, 2022 1:46:00 AM MDT	Nightwalkerx07 Tweet About Hacks	Twitter user Nightwalkert07 tweets about the attacks against Bored Ape Yach Club, Doodles NFT, and Kaiju Kingz.
April 1st, 2022 2:06:00 AM MDT	Ticket Tool Posts Tweet Again	Ticket Tool again posts the same update (with no further clarification) in response to the thread by Jon_HQ. This would be their last post for many months.
April 1st, 2022 2:34:00 AM MDT	FXEmpire Article Published	FXEmpire publishes an article on the Bored Ape Yacht Club and Doodle both being attacked. TBD more information.
April 1st, 2022 9:04:34 AM MDT	Crypto News Flash Article Published	Crypto News Flash publishes an article on Bored Ape Yacht Club exploit. They include two contradictory valuations of the Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFT #8662 at $67,423 USD and 21 ETH worth $68,900 USD. It includes the Tweet by the Bored Ape Yacht Club, a screenshot of the phishing link posted in the Discord channel, and that ticket tool is responsible. The attacks on other NFT projects including Doodles, Shamanzs, and Nyoki are briefly in closing.
April 1st, 2022 12:35:00 PM MDT	Vice News Article Published	Vice News publishes an article on the situation, which includes that the Discord channels of platforms including Bored Ape Yacht Club, Nyoki, Shamanz, Doodles, and Kaiju Kingz were all hacked. It provides an excerpt of some of the phishing posts, some basic blockchain analysis, and mention of some other Discord attacks.
April 2nd, 2022 9:12:00 AM MDT	Serpent Requesting Code Inspection	Serpent requests to be unbanned from the Ticket Tool discord and that he be allowed to look at the source code to get more information. His Tweet does not appear to have ever been responded to.
April 2nd, 2022 5:23:48 PM MDT	CryptoHubK Article Published	CryptoHubK published a summary of the situation. It is reported that hackers gained access to the Discord of Bored Ape Yacht Club, Mutant Ape Yacht Club, and Mutant Ape Kennel Club. The article included the PeckShield alert. Some information is later included on the Doodle NFT Discord attack, and the suggestion that this was responsible for the loss of Jay Chou's BAYC #3738. The article also includes general information on other Discord hacks, however it appears to incorrectly state the dates as March 1st for other attacks.
April 4th, 2022 10:39:11 AM MDT	Tech Radar Article Published	TechRadar publishes an article on the situation. It includes Bored Ape Yacht Club, Nyoki, Shamanz, Doodles, and Kaiju Kingz. An example of the phishing tweet on Bored Ape Yacht Club is provided, as well as the response by Noyki Club. It gives some background on the NFT minting process, and mentions that all projects were quick to react to the situation. Information about the wallets were also included.
April 4th, 2022 10:48:00 AM MDT	Candid Technology Article Published	Candid Technology publishes an article on the situation. The article mentions Bored Ape Yacht Club, Nyoki, and Shamanzs as victims, as well as referencing attacks on Doodles and Kaiju Kingz as reported by ZachXBT. The reactions by platforms Nyoki Club and Bored Ape Yacht Club were included, as well as wallet addresses Fake_Phishing5519 and Fake_Phishing5520 and some of the attempts at mixing the proceeds.
May 6th, 2022 5:45:00 AM MDT	Serpent Bribery Accusation	Twitter user Serpent reports that he is "[s]till waiting for an update" and "highly believe[s] this was a bribe".
June 2nd, 2022 9:05:00 PM MDT	Ticket Tool Launches Video Series	In their first Tweet since the hack (after nearly 2 months of silence), Ticket Tool says it's "been a long time" and introduces users to watch the first "official video from [their] tutorial series" about how to set up Ticket Tool.

Total Amount Lost

The total amount lost is unknown.

Attackers wallet is reportedly included FakePhishing_5519 and FakePhishing_5520.

The scammer's wallet includes transactions from multiple Discord breaches which happened simultaneously. TBD - can we somehow determine the amount of loss for each case?

An article from CryptoHubK suggests that the losses included Bored Ape Yacht Club #3738.

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

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Ultimate Outcome

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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

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General Prevention Policies

The lesson here is about providing an account/tool with more privileges than necessary. Using a full-permissioned account when not necessary increases the breach window.

Ideally, performing key actions such as banning moderators or posting global announcements would be set up such that multiple people's approval is required. In this way, it would be nearly impossible to breach.

In our framework, we advocate for training platform operators about incidents such as these, and require the approval of two separate security sign-offs for a project to launch, which would likely catch any weak security practices. A discretionary treasury fund is available to cover losses, in addition to whatever treasury is available with projects directly.

Individual Prevention Policies

No specific policies for individual prevention have yet been identified in this case.

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Platform Prevention Policies

Policies for platforms to take to prevent this situation have not yet been selected in this case.

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Regulatory Prevention Policies

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