The World of Solana (WoS) Twitter account reported particulars of a neighborhood sting operation leading to a hacker getting scammed.
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We’re very excited to share a loopy World of Solana neighborhood story:We’ve efficiently scammed the hacker of @UnchainedNFT_ !
Shoutout to our neighborhood, @CyberFrogsNFT and a sniper! ❤️?#Solana #SolanaNFTs #NFTCommunity
Full Story ?? pic.twitter.com/4SeG0YDNW4
— World Of Solana ? {WOSup} (@worldofsolana) Could 25, 2022
What’s notably satisfying, on this case, is how the hacker acquired scammed.
How did the hacker get scammed?
The story started following a hack of the Unchained NFT’s Discord channel on Monday.
Unchained NFT is a cross-chain gaming growth studio that goals to develop “back-end compatibility between the NFT tasks and chains we signify.”
“The last word intention of Unchained NFT is to construct a melting pot of crypto tradition and chains the place communities from each chain can come collectively and thrive. It’s a revolutionary gaming and metaverse journey.”
The hacker drained the wallets of 109 customers, leading to a complete lack of 150 SOL ($6,700) and the theft of 25 WoS NFTs. Inside these WOS NFTs misplaced have been a number of of the highest 100.
In response, neighborhood members @QuantMaven, @AngelaTNFT, and @cryptosile, along with dev @CyberFrogsNFT, hatched a plan to get the NFTs again.
To bait the hacker into breaking cowl, the group “set royalties to 98%,” whereas asking the neighborhood to maintain watch on Solana’s main NFT market, Magic Eden.
Royalties check with a proportion minimize of the sale value every time the NFT is bought on a market. The default royalty on WoS NFTs is 5%.
Two days after springing the entice, the hacker listed the stolen NFTs on Magic Eden, leading to 15 being purchased by the neighborhood and the rest “took” by a “sniper.”
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Two days later, round 2am EST, the hacker listed the 25 WOS NFTs on @MagicEden.@WorldofSolana neighborhood managed to purchase 15 and a sniper took the opposite 10.We despatched a @FamousFoxFed DING to the sniper and he gladly accepted to cooperate. ? pic.twitter.com/3TCRnnZ4qQ
— World Of Solana ? {WOSup} (@worldofsolana) Could 25, 2022
The message despatched to the “sniper” ended within the return of the stolen NFTs to their rightful house owners. The closing tweet signed off by praising the neighborhood’s actions in pulling off the sting, and for a second time.
“That is the second time our neighborhood has recovered scammed NFTs.
Our neighborhood is small, however collectively we’re very robust!”
What’s the World of Solana?
The WoS is a set of two,222 distinctive Solana blockchain heroines combating for freedom in a fictional battle between rival blockchains and the federal government.
“A battle is going down, between rival blockchains and the federal government. Solely by unity can the blockchains defeat their frequent enemy.”
Every relies on a mixture of 18 distinct traits, together with background, aura, coiffure, physique, and so forth. The costliest WoS NFT is #1874, listed at 123 SOL ($5,600).
The gathering has a present value flooring of 2.03 SOL ($92), this represents a 41% drop from its peak flooring value of three.46, achieved on April 12.
