Bill Murray Lost $200k to Crypto Hackers

And it would be a waste of opportunity to not ask bill “Who You Gonna Call?” when crypto hackers attack. Rest assured, that won’t be the only Bill Murray based joke you read in this article. However, losing the JPEG image of a cartoon punk can be a devastating loss when it’s an expensive NFT. Thankfully, Mr. Murray managed to save his NFTs following the cyber-attack on his personal collection. Despite that, crypto hackers managed to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sadly, Bill Murray had raised the money during his NFT charity auction. And of course, there was an official police report on the matter but it was “Lost in Translation” (told you the jokes won’t stop).

A group of criminals targeted Bill Murray’s NFT charity auction and managed to steal 119.2 ETH. At the moment, this is worth around $185,000 that was raised for the charity. This attack took place during the auction and the charity lost the funds almost immediately. Furthermore, the crypto hackers made an attempt to steal non-fungible tokens from Murray’s personal wallet. According to Coindesk, the voice of Garfield holds two CryptoPunk NFTs. Just for reference, some CryptoPunks NFTs are worth more than a 4-bedroom house with over 2 acres lot in Austin!

Thankfully, Bill Murray knew who he was gonna call and his virtual wallet security team Venkman came in to help. The NFT consultancy firm successfully diffused the attacks on Murray’s personal wallet. As for the money for charity, the team was not able to recover the Ethereum.Crypto Hackers

A group of criminals targeted Bill Murray’s NFT charity auction and managed to steal 119.2 ETH. At the moment, this is worth around $185,000 that was raised for the charity. This attack took place during the auction and the charity lost the funds almost immediately. Furthermore, the crypto hackers made an attempt to steal non-fungible tokens from Murray’s personal wallet. According to Coindesk, the voice of Garfield holds two CryptoPunk NFTs. Just for reference, some CryptoPunks NFTs are worth more than a 4-bedroom house with over 2 acres lot in Austin!

Thankfully, Bill Murray knew who he was gonna call and his virtual wallet security team Venkman came in to help. The NFT consultancy firm successfully diffused the attacks on Murray’s personal wallet. As for the money for charity, the team was not able to recover the Ethereum..

In the meantime, Murray’s team stated that they have filed a police report and are following up with the issue. According to the team, they have partnered with crypto analytics company Chainalysis to identify the thief.

However, much like a lot of Murray’s movies, there is a happy ending to the story. Despite the loss, one Coinbase user donated $187,000 worth of ETH to the charity. Bill Murray was working with Chive Charities which is a non-profit that was raising funds.

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