DeeKay

Account Compromise

Estimated loss

$150.0K

VERDICT —OUT OF SCOPE

Root cause is phishing — victims signed malicious transactions or approvals off-protocol. Contract logic was not the failure surface; user-side wallet hygiene was. Pre-deployment audit cannot catch this class.

▰ METHOD

PHISHING

Root cause

Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.

Forensic narrative

On July 16, hackers compromised the Twitter account of well-known NFT artist DeeKay. The 180,000 followers of DeeKay's hacked Twitter account saw it post a link announcing a limited number of new airdrops, which directed them to a phishing site that mimicked DeeKay's real site. One victim lost 4 Cool Cat NFTs and 3 Azuki NFTs with reserve prices around 4 ETH (~$5,350) and 12 ETH (~$16,200) respectively. The total value of the stolen NFTs was approximately $150,000. DeeKay said he wasn't sure how his Twitter account was stolen, but "guessed that 2FA was shut down at a specific time." Attack method (per SlowMist): Account Compromise. Reported loss: $ 150,000.

Primary source

https://nftevening.com/hacker-target-nft-artist-deekays-twitter-wipe-nfts-worth-150k/ ↗

Sourced from

slowmist

Technical record