NFT marketplace Fractal, created by Twitch co-founder Justin Kan, got $150,000 stolen from its users after its Discord bot was hacked, according to a Kotaku report. 

Kan had launched Fractal this month to act as a ‘marketplace’ where in-game items could be bought and sold as NFTs. The scammer hacked into the server’s official bot and put up a link advertising a drop of 3,333 NFTs. The limited number of NFTs were shown to be selling for only $177 each. 

As users paid the amount for nothing, it was later realized that the link was fraudulent. The Discord server soon received complaints from people who had lost money in the scam, with one user asking for reimbursement from the staff.

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Twitch reporter Zach Bussey described in detail the message that had appeared and informed that the link was actually to a certain ‘Fractai’, not ‘Fractal’.

The team acknowledged the breach and apologised for the same. The Kotaku report carried its statement: 

Dear Fractal community,

Earlier today, approximately 373 of our community members fell victim to a scam posted on our Discord. We are sorry. We are going to make this right.

The hacker made out with ~800 sol (~$150,000) by managing to post a fake mint link in our #announcements channel. With over 100,000 members in our community, it’s quite impressive that the hacker only managed to dupe .3% of our community.

Kan even posted a video on Twitter with the text. “Our @fractalwagmi server was hacked earlier today. Working on a fix and will refund everyone who lost $.” He also warned of similar scams on other NFT communities. 

The Fractal team has categorically stated its intentions to fully compensate the 373 victims, adding, “We must use our best judgement as there’s no ‘undo button’ in crypto,” according to the Kotaku report. 

“If something seems fishy don’t jump into it,” Kan said.