The well-known Japanese NFT project Azuki reported today that Twitter was hacked. Hackers posted multiple malicious tweets to defraud assets. The official stated that it had contacted Twitter as soon as possible and warned the community. It has now regained control of the account and launched an investigation into the incident.

1/ The @AzukiOfficial Twitter was compromised today. A series of malicious tweets were posted during the morning of Friday, Jan 27th (Pacific Time).

The team has regained control of the @AzukiOfficial Twitter.

Details below

— Azuki (@AzukiOfficial) January 27, 2023

According to a preliminary investigation by security researcher Fantasy, the victims lost a total of approximately $758,000, but one person lost as much as $751,000.

Regarding this incident, well-known on-chain data detective ZachXBT stated that the hacker was a repeat offender named Lock, who has recently attacked the Twitter accounts of multiple NFT projects, including Mutant Hounds, AKCB, and Chimpers.

Was the same scammer named Lock who compromised Mutant Hounds, AKCB, and Chimpers Twitter accounts recently. pic.twitter.com/YSgy6SnvJr

— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) January 27, 2023

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