Fortune Friends Club Discord Hack

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Fortune Friends

Fortune Friends Club's Discord was hacked recently, leading followers to mistakenly believe that minting had already begun. The hacking incident began when the team was deceived by someone posing as a representative from Wonderpals, a project they were excited to collaborate with. The hackers bypassed the team's 2FA and gained access to the channel. Many eager fans fell victim to a scam on a fake website, losing their ETH. The team swiftly took action to secure the channel and provided a detailed explanation of the incident. They also pledged to compensate all victims by either returning the lost ETH or providing a Bao NFT when it launches.

This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]

About Fortune Friends

"Fortune Friends Club is an upcoming NFT project that surrounds food, friends, and fortune. The project features 8,888 Baos that will drop on Jan 30, 1 AM UTC. The character is named after a common Chinese dish: baozi (包子). They are essentially steamed buns that come with a variety of fillings. The community has been growing rapidly in the past weeks as many fans try to get on the whitelist."

"Celebrating Asian Culture by empowering Asian Creators. Join the movement!"

"Fortune Friends Club’s Discord was hacked yesterday, leading followers to believe that minting was already live. Many eager fans were scammed into ‘minting’ Baos in the fake website and lost their ETH immediately. The team quickly took measures to secure the channel again and provided a full debrief of the mishap. They also promised to compensate all the victims by returning the ETH lost or a Bao NFT when it drops."

"The whole incident began when the team was tricked by someone posing to be from Wonderpals, a project they were excited to work with. Once they keyed in the code, the hackers were able to bypass their 2FA. They used some time to study the channel and the team’s active hours. During midnight, they created a webhook spidey bot, allowing them to remove channels, override permissions, and update team roles.

While executing the heist, they were actively on the lookout for Discord members that spoke up about a possible hack happening. In less than an hour, they scheduled an event that said “Minting is now Live”. Following this, some members entered into the fake website and started to ‘mint’, sending ETH directly to the scammer’s address. The team took some time to secure their channel again, and is working hard to prevent future occurrences."

"You guys are the best. Although today was tough, I couldnt be in a better community run by people who really care. Again, thank you for being so responsive to the situation I have full faith this will be resolved."

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Key Event Timeline - Fortune Friends Club Discord Hack
Date Event Description
January 22nd, 2022 1:12:00 PM MST Please Don't Click "Yes, please do not click into mint link"
January 22nd, 2022 1:16:00 PM MST Twitter Warning "BAOS DISCORD HAS BEEN HACKED WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING HIM OUT OF THE SERVER"
January 22nd, 2022 4:41:00 PM MST Need A Few Hours "we need a few hours to ensure our dev team accounts, discord & security measures are all in place. we're in chats with people to audit our processes before we share next steps with you all."
January 22nd, 2022 5:58:00 PM MST Compensation Tweet "Our DC was compromised. We're so sorry Baos -- we're going to fix it." "We WILL make sure each and every one of you will be compensated." "If you lost ETH, we're moving comms from Twitter DMs to a channel on DC for you to verify the transaction & wallet address."
January 23rd, 2022 3:08:00 AM MST Discord Reopened "Our Discord is back open friends, currently doing AMA on the events that have unfolded today. Come join us if you have any questions."
January 23rd, 2022 7:16:00 PM MST Baos Are Back "The Baos are back, and better than ever. To celebrate, we'll be giving away 8 WL."
February 8th, 2022 4:34:00 PM MST Discord Reopens The Discord channel has reopened.

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The total amount lost has been estimated at $96,000 USD.

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References

  1. ↑ Rare Bears NFT Discord Hack: Scammer Runs Away With $800k In NFTs (Jul 14, 2022)
  2. ↑ Fortune Friends Club (Nov 18, 2022)
  3. ↑ Fortune Friends Club NFT Discord hacked: Beware of this scam! (Sep 15, 2023)
  4. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  5. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  6. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  7. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  8. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  9. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  10. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  11. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  12. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  13. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  14. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  15. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  16. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  17. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  18. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  19. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  20. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  21. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  22. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  23. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  24. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  25. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  26. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  27. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  28. ↑ @h72bce Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  29. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  30. ↑ @FortuneFriends_ Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  31. ↑ @your_cupcake123 Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
  32. ↑ @HypnoSpeck Twitter (Sep 15, 2023)
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