Polygon Discord channel hacked, team working to regain control
Blockchain platform Polygon says its community Discord channel has been compromised.
Mudit Gupta, Polygon's Chief Information Security Officer confirmed the breach and urged users to refrain from clicking on any links shared in the Discord channel until the situation is fully resolved.
Multiple users are targeted
The incident has raised concerns about security measures, although Gupta said that all unique accounts have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled.
Discord, a popular communication platform for crypto communities, has become increasingly popular due to the amount of valuable information and assets being discussed or manipulated by cybercriminals.
The implications of the breach are being felt by the community. One Polygon user, shadabk2005, took to the X forum to warn others about the ongoing situation.
Source: Mudit Gupta
According to the user, the support channel on Polygon Discord has been flooded with people seeking help, but has been misled by scammers pretending to be legitimate support agents. “There are scam links posted in the ads channel,” the user said as he was given time to try to highlight the issue.
The severity of the attack became more apparent when another user, ValidatorK, reported $150,000 worth of Ether (ETH) missing from his pool. Following an interaction with what appeared to be an official announcement on Polygon's Discord channel, the funds disappeared at once.
Argument hacking
The attack on Polygon Discord is the latest in a series of high-profile breaches to rock the crypto community.
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In the year On March 25, 2023, blockchain security firm CertiK highlighted a phishing scam circulating on Arbitrum's Discord server. The scam – believed to be orchestrated by a hacked developer account – is a fake ad containing a malicious link.
Similarly, on May 5, the Gnus.AI artificial intelligence network fell victim to a Discord-related exploit, resulting in a loss of approximately $1.27 million.
The timing of this breach is of particular concern to Polygon, which is currently undergoing a significant network upgrade.
The platform plans to replace its native Polygon (MATIC) token with Pol Token as part of an update scheduled for September 4. Pol's update is designed to expand Polygon's native token service and power the growing network of converged blockchains. Aglier
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