It should be noted that the fraudsters’ “earnings” in this story were more substantial. In fact, they attracted investors with messages about a new portion of coins to be distributed, in other words, with the prospect of making money. In the end, NFT owners lost their tokens after signing a transaction at an unknown site because they were sent to the hackers’ address.

That said, losing a member of the Bored Ape Yacht Club series is now very painful. Still, it is the most expensive NFT collection to date. The cost of its representatives starts from the equivalent of 382 thousand dollars.

The most expensive collections of NFT tokens

How hackers steal NFT tokens

An unknown hacker has gained access to the official Discord channel dedicated to members of the Bored Ape Yacht Club as well as its affiliated NFT-series collections Mutant Ape Yacht Club and Mutant Ape Kennel Club. As a reminder, they were all developed by the same studio, Yuga Labs.

The scammer posted a phishing link in the Mutant Ape Kennel Club channel. It was disguised as a "stealth release of unique tokens", which is supposedly an opportunity to get new tokens. According to news outlet The Block, the link was successfully used to steal Mutant Ape Yacht Club token #8662 from one user.

Transaction with stolen token

The BAYC team said on their Twitter that they “spotted” the problem immediately. In addition, they urged users not to click on Discord links – especially if they are promoted ostensibly for the release of new NFTs. In addition, community administrators have reminded that the team has no intention of conducting any rounds of new token issuance in the foreseeable future. Here’s their rejoinder.

Proceed with caution. Do not click on links from Discord. Our Discord server was briefly hacked.

As we can see, hackers and fraudsters are still a headache for the cryptocurrency community. Because of them, the losses of ordinary users amount to millions of dollars, and this problem cannot be solved completely.

At the same time, it seems that in the future hackers will also be able to steal NFT by hacking the TVs of cryptocurrency investors. The day before, tech giant Samsung announced details of a partnership with Nifty Gateway, a platform that helps with the integration of NFT into Samsung’s smart TVs.

Nifty Gateway is partnering with Samsung to develop mechanisms for viewing, buying and trading NFTs optimised for TVs. It uses a platform wallet system that secures users’ collectibles without the need to store unique tokens on an external wallet. It also allows users to purchase NFTs via credit card or cryptocurrency.

NFT tokens on TV

In an interview with Decrypt reporters, the co-founder of Nifty Gateway shared some of the details of what’s happening.

Through our partnership with Samsung – one of the global leaders in electronics – we will introduce NFTs to millions of users. Last year, NFTs were a breakthrough trend specifically for digital art. Creators and collectors have been able to see the power of this technology.

The Nifty Gateway platform will be integrated into Samsung’s new premium TV ranges in 2022, including QLED and Neo QLED TVs. Owners of Samsung The Frame and Micro LED TVs will also be able to download the platform app to gain access to a marketplace with non-swappable tokens.

NFT on TV

In the NFT space, another big news worth noting this week is the integration of the Solana blockchain into OpenSea’s most popular trading platform for unique tokens. The event is scheduled to take place in April.

The Solana blockchain will eventually join the list of the platform's three networks - Ethereum, Polygon and Klaytn.

Citing the huge number of tweets and media coverage about Solana’s possible launch, OpenSea called the announcement “the best-kept secret in Web 3”. Blockchain chief Adam Montgomery also shared a clip of the related launch on Twitter.

The 16-second teaser video has been met with a lot of enthusiasm, judging by the response. And no wonder: OpenSea is the most popular trading platform for NFT tokens. This means new opportunities for their owners in the Solana network to transact and reach a much larger market.


We think that the idea of interacting with NFT-tokens on TV seems promising, because the image on modern devices is really pleasing. However, in this case the security is questionable. After all, the possibility of buying unique tokens implies access to private keys at the TV set - and this is another risk for owners of digital assets. One would like to believe that the developers will work on the security system properly before launching the innovation.