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Twitch Fo-Founder's Fractal NFT Project Suffers $150k Loss

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The NFT project launched by Twitch co-founder Justin Kan has lost $154,000 following a Discord bot hack

A bot used for the Fractal NFT project's Discord has been hacked, leading to the loss of $154,000. The NFT project is for Twitch co-founder Justin Kan, who acknowledged the hack a few hours ago.

The hacker sent out a message in the project announcements channel with a link to a fake minting website (that used an "i" instead of an "l"). Those that clicked on the link spent Solana (SOL) on what they thought was the Fractal NFT. however, the hacker made off with $154,000 worth of SOL coin.

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Hassan Maishera

Hassan is a Nigeria-based financial content creator that has invested in many different blockchain projects, including Bitcoin, Ether, Stellar Lumens, Cardano, VeChain and Solana. He currently works as a financial markets and cryptocurrency writer and has contributed to a large number of the leading FX, stock and cryptocurrency blogs in the world.