Hackers hack into Bill Murray's wallet and steal $185,000 in ETH

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Famous American actor and comedian Bill Murray became the victim of a hacker attack - after the closing of a charity NFT auction, the attackers withdrew $185,000 in ETH from his wallet.

According to the support teamcharity auction of Bill Murray, at the end of August the NFT “Beer with Bill Murray” from the artist’s personal collection was put up for sale. The auction winner bought the NFT for $185,000, which was 119 ETH at the time of trading. However, just a few hours after the auction closed, Murray's wallet associated with the OpenSea platform was attacked. 

The hacker managed to withdraw 119.2 ETH that Murray collected at a charity auction. In addition, the hacker made an unsuccessful attempt to steal 800 NFTs from Bill Murray's personal collection, as well as his CryptoPunks, Pudgy Penguin and other tokens. However, the security service managed to stop the attack and move the NFT to a safe place.

The attacker sent the stolen funds toA wallet address associated with the Binance exchange and Unionchain.ai. It is still unclear how the attacker managed to gain access to Murray's wallet. The artist's team says it has filed a police report and is working with analytics firm Chainalysis to bring the attacker to justice.

Let us remind you that in July it was hacked andThe Twitter account of Korean NFT artist DeeKay Kwon was used in a phishing attack. As a result, more than $150,000 worth of NFTs were stolen from his subscribers.