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Bored Ape Yacht Club, the best-known collection of NFT "art" and the impetus for the most painful segment in recent late night TV history, was hacked on Monday. Owning a Bored Ape up to this point has required forking out a ludicrous amount of cash for what I have to say are some of the least charming pieces of art I've ever seen. Nevertheless some folk believe that these apes are not, in fact, the 21st century equivalent of tulips: no, these apes will only ever become more valuable, presumably if the human race loses all aesthetic sense and its eyes collectively atrophy.
Sorry, where was I: the Bored Ape Yacht Club's Instagram page and Discord were hacked, and the culprits sent out messages on both about a new mint of NFTs and what's called a "land sale" (it does not involve land) to pilfer ape holders' wallets.
There was no new mint, as the Bored Ape Yacht Club warned on its other social media account. Many customers were suckered by the official-seeming messages, however, and clicked on a link connecting their wallet, which then transferred its ape-y contents to the hackers. This is like the 'double your money' scam in every MMO ever, except it's somehow even dumber.
NFT Bored Ape marketplace gets hacked, people lose 'millions' in ape pictures
Truly, this is monkey business.
