Kaiju Kingz Discord Ticket Tool Hack

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Kaiju Kingz

The Kaiju Kings are a collection of thousands of pixel beast NFTs, which are rare collectibles that provide access to a specialized metaverse or the ability to mint other NFTs and tokens. On April 1st, 2022, their Discord was again hacked through the Ticket Tool bot. Many concerned users banded together to post more spam at a faster rate than the bot, drowning out their scam message. There is little information about how many users were affected and no official announcements appear to have been made by the team.

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

About Kaiju Kingz

"Kaiju Kingz is a collection of 3,333 Genesis pixel beasts created by Augminted Labs sent to protect the Metaverse that live on the Ethereum blockchain." "Behold the KaijuKingz; larger than life pixel beasts tearing down a city near you. Our creed is to expand the Metaverse by supporting talented creatives and developers looking to break into NFTs. $RWASTE radiates in the core of our community, passively generated by Genesis Kaijuz as fuel for out Kaijuz. Demolish the old to make way for a new kind of community - a community of Kingz."

"Mint Date October 12, 2021" "KaijuKingz was spawned from the mind of CyberKongz holder and community member, OhDots, under his newly founded company: Augminted Labs. KaijuKingz hopes to expand its community with synergistic mechanics that foster competition and collaboration between Web3 communities. The collection will start with a mint of 3,333 Genesis Kaijuz, each granting its holder access to special perks and accesses. Genesis Kaijuz passively generate Radioactive Waste, which can be used to create Baby Kaijuz. Standing larger than life in a 69x69 pixel square, Kaijuz will have a wide variety of traits, types, and different aesthetics. Holding a Genesis Kaiju will reserve you a throne as a King of the Metaverse."

"KaijuKingz minted in October 2021 and has significant progress as a collection since. They have also gone through some bumps, such as a discord hack. Upon further analysis, we can see that the collection has a 28,000 total of ethereum traded on OpenSea. They have also collaborated with various established projects, such as PXN, Memeland by 9GAG, RaidParty, Possessed, and much more. They frequently give away whitelist spots for other projects in their discord. Kaiju has also had notable influencers invested into the project, such as Takoa, Banks, Champ T, Coco Bear, Zeneca, 9gagceo."

"At first glance, this seems like an anon team behind Kaiju profile pictures. But if we dig slightly deeper, we see that Kaiju is run by Augminted Labs. Augminted Labs’ team is the same guys we see here. If we visit Augminted’s website, we can see that the lead developer, artist, community manager, and developer are all doxxed. This only leaves Kekwin (another developer) to be undoxxed. Bullish sign for us, as majority of the team is accessible and we know who they are."

"Lift off has completed, and we are ready to land! Mint your Legendary Kaiju now! Supply 100! Limite amount! Mint 0.05 ETH. Genesis has a limited supply, be quick! Be sure to approve when minting to ensure the transaction goes through!"

"[A]ll other discords getting hacked while in @KaijuKingz we make the hackers feel like they are the joke cause we out spam them #Kingz @ohDotss"

While Ticket Tool has not released an official announcement, they did offer this explanation: "A recent update I made to the add command had a bug allowing for some type of permission exploit. I've reverted the update to the previous uncompromised version and will be looking into exactly how this happened. The bot itself is not compromised beyond a very unfortunate bug."

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What Happened

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Key Event Timeline - Kaiju Kingz Discord Ticket Tool Hack

Date	Event	Description
April 1st, 2022 12:14:00 AM MDT	NFTJia Hack Screenshot	NFTJia shows a screenshot of the hacked Kaiju Kingz Discord with other spam generated by the community to block the attacker's message.
April 1st, 2022 12:53:00 AM MDT	Main Event	Expand this into a brief description of what happened and the impact. If multiple lines are necessary, add them here.
April 1st, 2022 12:55:00 AM MDT	ZachXBT Reports Kaiju Kingz Hack	Twitter user ZachXBT reports that Kaiju Kingz Discord is hacked. Funds are being directed to Fake_Phishing5520.
April 1st, 2022 12:57:00 AM MDT	Outspamming Attackers	A video clip by Twitter user Ksheepz shows the Discord beign filled with spam by community members aiming to block the attacker's message from having any prominence in the chat.
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 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 12:53:00 AM MDT	BlvckMonkey666 Picture Tweet	Twitter user BlvckMonkey666 (formerly JasonBlaxk666) reports on the attack and includes a photo taken of his monitor with the phishing attack still running.
April 1st, 2022 12:54:00 AM MDT	mattttoh Posting Spam Screenshot	Twitter user mattttoh posts a picture of the Discord filled with community "jokes on the hackers" spam messages.
April 1st, 2022 12:57:00 AM MDT	DUDE7007 Screenshot	Twitter user DUDE7007 posts a screenshot of the phishing attack live on the Discord.
April 1st, 2022 1:02:00 AM MDT	Keung Posting Screenshots	Twitter user Keung shows more screenshots of the attack and the phishing website which appeared. This may suggest that the attack is still active at this time.
April 1st, 2022 1:10:00 AM MDT	happykarpp Spam Screenshot	A screenshot by Twitter user happykarpp shows the Twitter filled with community spam competing with the hacker's phishing messages. He says "this has got to be the best show of unity [he's] ever seen in [his] NFT life".
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 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.
April 8th, 2022 12:11:23 PM MDT	NFTNow Article Published	NFTNow publishes an article on the situation. It mentions Bored Ape Yacht Club, Shamanz, and Nyoki Club as the projects with their Discord channels attacked. Fake NFT links are included, and a specific quote of the announcements for Nyoki Club. Background on the funds, wallets, and some history of Discord attacks is also included in the article.

Total Amount Lost

The total amount lost is unknown.

Attackers wallet is reportedly included FakePhishing_5519 and FakePhishing_5520.

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?

Community Warnings

Now @KaijuKingz discord is hacked, stay safe frens discords getting hacked left and right.

Discord Outspamming Attackers

Multiple Twitter users report that in the Kaiju Kingz attack, unlike some of the other Discords, the community was able to outspam the attackers.

all other discords getting hacked while in @KaijuKingz we make the hackers feel like they are the joke cause we out spam them

So the @KaijuKingz discord got hacked... honestly it was a mistake on the hacker's part LOL

With all these discord hacks happening, this has got to be the best show of unity I've ever seen in my NFT life. Kingz coming together to outspam the hackers. Can you imagine what the hackers must be thinking? Like "wtf who are these people?!" @KaijuKingz mfking hackers.

TBD - add quote from message on

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.

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Ongoing Developments

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General Prevention Policies

It is recommended to be extremely cautious of any links posted on Discord, given the repeated hacks of the platform. Users need to be cautious with any posted links. Always check any communication against multiple official sources of a project.

Platforms should be extremely cautious regarding the permissions which are granted via Discord, and limit the access levels to critical functionality. Discord should improve their security and offer multi-signature permissions for key functions. Ideally, public groups should be managed from an exclusive account which isn't used for anything else.

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

No specific regulatory policies have yet been identified in this case.

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