Hack sends NFT provider Skulltoons into damage control
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Non-fungible token provider Skulltoons was forced to do some damage control Thursday after an ESPN baseball reporter’s Twitter account was hacked.
Jeff Passan’s Twitter account was temporarily taken over by someone promoting Skulltoons, which is a limited collection of 10,000 skull-themed art NFTs.
Passan, who has more than 800,000 Twitter followers, had tweeted on the Major League Baseball lockout shortly before the hack occurred. That prompted some media outlets to quip that he was locked out during the lockout.
Account renamed
Passan’s Twitter account was temporarily renamed Jeff.eth (Passan), in an apparent reference to the Ethereum cryptocurrency, and his photo was replaced by a Skulltoons image.
Skulltoons leaders responded to backlash by hosting what the NFT provider called an emergency security AMA on Twitter. Skulltoons leaders denied that they had anything to do with the security breach during the audible session.
“We did not hack Jeff Passan,” said a leader called Skull Ninja. “We do not have any intention of hacking anything. If anything, we’re too busy trying to stop people from trying to hack us.”
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Others hacked recently
Another Skulltoons leader, known as Lord Skully, said other people have been hacked by someone promoting Skulltoons in recent days. But he did not elaborate.
“Many scammers try to impersonate us on a daily basis. We constantly remind our community of this,” tweeted Skulltoons.
Skulltoons said in another tweet that it reached out to Twitter to ensure that the social media company did not close Passan’s account, which was later restored to its usual self.
Photo: Twitter“I’m back,” posted Passan above his photo.
Later, Major League Baseball was back, too. The league and players reached a tentative deal to end the labour dispute.
Passan was among the first to report the news – on his Twitter account.
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