Comedian Bill Murray loses $186,000 to hackers
Comedian Bill Murray
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Comedian Bill Murray loses$186,000 to hackers
American comedian Bill Murray has announced that hackershave breached his wallet and stole more than $180,000 worth of Ethereum.As per full information, the actor recently conducted an NFT auctionin which most of the recovered funds were in the said wallet. The statementshows that the hacker siphoned 90% of the entire fund into the wallet, leavingonly a little over $500 in the wake of the act.
Bill Murray Lost119 Ethereum
According to several news sources, BillMurray announced that at the time of the theft, the entire Ethereum inthe wallet was slightly above 119. In the statement from the comedian's team,it was noted that the actor noticed the balance change in the wallet at around7 pm yesterday. Data from Dapp Radar said that the wallet contained funds,including several NFTs of the actor.
Aside from Ethereum, a significantportion of his portfolio has been wiped out due to the attack. The newactivity tracked on the wallet shows that the comedian's team was able towithdraw about 10 more NFTs from Bill Murray's wallet after the settlement.
Actor workingwith law enforcement to recover assets
The charity, owned and managed by BillMurray itself, sold its collection held in the Bill Murray 1000 NFTauction. The collection was hosted on Coinbase, the platform's marketplace thathelped the comedian sell assets. The identity of the hacker is still unknown ason-chain data shows that the stolen assets were sent to a crypto exchange.
The money collected at the auction hadalready been earmarked for donation to the Chivas charity. However, newinformation has revealed that the second highest bidder in the auction hasannounced a donation of over 120 ethereums, which have been sentto the said charity. The report does not yet explain how the malicious actorwas able to breach and steal funds from the comedian's wallet.
However, his team has contacted thepolice and noted that they are working with them to uncover the identity of thebad actor. In addition, it is also talking to Chainalysis, an on-chain analysiscompany, to help them uncover the stolen funds.
Bill Murray is one in a long list of high-profile digitalasset holders that have been hit with an attack in the last few weeks. Fellowactor Seth Green saw his wallet breached as hackers took his BAYC NFT.He has since been sent the NFT after he paid the hacker some cash.
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