Polygon Discord Community Channel Hacked: Users Warned

by Giorgi Kostiuk

2 years ago

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Hack Confirmation
User Reactions
Previous Attacks and Future Plans

Polygon's Discord community channel has been hacked, raising concerns among users.

Hack Confirmation

Mudit Gupta, the Chief Information Security Officer at Polygon, confirmed the breach and advised users not to click any links shared in the channel until the situation is resolved.

PSA: Do not click on any links in the @0xPolygon community discord until further notice. It has been compromised and we're trying to get back ownership.Mudit Gupta

User Reactions

Several users quickly took to social media to alert others about the scam. According to some, the scammers were pretending to be support agents to trick those looking for help. One user, ValidatorK, reported losing $150,000 worth of Ether (ETH) after clicking what seemed like an official announcement on the compromised Discord server.

@0xPolygon I lost $150,000 of my Ethereum pool in one go through Polygon's official Discord announcement. Why haven't you officially posted the Discord hacking issue on X? How are you going to take responsibility for this?Mr.K

Previous Attacks and Future Plans

This is not the first time a Discord server related to cryptocurrency has been hacked. Earlier this year, the Arbitrum Discord was hit by a phishing scam, and in May, the Gnus.AI platform lost about $1.27 million due to a similar attack. These hacks usually involve fake announcements sent from compromised accounts, leading to significant losses for users. Moreover, the timing of this breach is especially troubling for Polygon, as the platform is gearing up for a major network upgrade on September 4, which will see MATIC tokens replaced by POL tokens intended to enhance Polygon’s growing network of blockchains.

The Discord channel hack underscores the importance of cybersecurity in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, especially ahead of major updates.

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