--- title: "Hackers Reportedly Get Away With $13.7 Million Worth of Bored Ape NFTs" description: "Hackers took control over the Instagram and Discord accounts of Bored Ape Yacht Club, currently the second most valuable NFT collection by trading volume — yet another instance of collectors losing their at times extremely valuable assets to hackers and scams. At least 24 Bored Apes and 30 Mutant Apes have been stolen and transferred […]" date: "2022-04-25" modified: "2022-04-25" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/hackers-steal-millions-bored-ape-nfts" categories: - "Blockchain" - "Future Society" - "NFTs" tags: - "bored ape yacht club" - "nfts" - "the digest" --- # Hackers Reportedly Get Away With $13.7 Million Worth of Bored Ape NFTs ![Hackers took control over the Instagram and Discord accounts of Bored Ape Yacht Club and got away with millions worth of NFTs.]() *\Image: Futurism\* ## Assuming Control Hackers took control of the Instagram and Discord accounts of Bored Ape Yacht Club, currently the [second most valuable NFT collection]() by trading volume, and got away with more than ten million dollars' worth of NFTs — yet another instance of blockchain collectors losing their at times extremely valuable assets to hackers and scams. At least 24 Bored Apes and 30 Mutant Apes have been stolen and transferred to new crypto wallets, [*CoinDesk* reports](), totaling $13.7 million. "The hacker posted a fraudulent link to a copycat of the Bored Ape Yacht Club website," the company [tweeted](). "Immediately upon discovering the hack, we alerted our community, removed links to the compromised IG account from our platforms and attempted to recover the account." The total losses of the hack remain somewhat hazy. The company itself says it lost only around $3 million worth of Apes to the hackers, according to a statement received by *CoinDesk*. ## No Mint The exploit was discovered Monday morning. "There is no mint going on today," the official BAYC Twitter account [tweeted this morning](). "It looks like BAYC Instagram was hacked. Do not mint anything, click links, or link your wallet to anything." Judging by replies on Twitter, the hack has clearly affected a large number of users. "Crazy to think that even the best security practices from a user side isn't enough sometimes," the founder of crypto security firm Sentinel [tweeted](). "Insider employees and social engineering everywhere." It's far form the first time hackers have gotten a way with millions of dollars' worth of NFTs, with [countless]() [instances]() prior to this week's hack. Collectors don't have much recourse, as the entire NFT market operates in a regulatory vacuum. In other words: buyers beware. **READ MORE:** [Thief steals $1 million of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs with Instagram hack]() \[*The Verge*\] **More on NFTs:** *[Lindsay Lohan Accused of Taking Huge Payments to Shill Crypto]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()