Infamous blockchain security agency PeckshieldAlert and onchain sleuth Zachxbt printed on Nov. 4 that a phishing scammer running below the pseudonym Monkey Drainer had stolen 7 Cryptopunks and 20 Otherdeed NFTs.

#PeckShieldAlert @zachxbt has detected that Monkey Drainer grabbed ~ 7 CryptoPunks & ~20 Otherdeed #NFT
0xc…466 has transferred ~120 $ETH to Monkey Drainer 0x8…fB8 and 200 $ETH into Twister money https://t.co/MpJQoZjYWl pic.twitter.com/qdbFVPI6yY

— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) November 4, 2022

The guidelines was first reported by self-acclaimed 2D rip-off detector ZackXBT, who estimated the stolen collectibles had been value 520 ETH — roughly $824,200.

Monkey drainer was also historical impartial currently when each and each AJT & Gabriel Leydon had been sim swapped.

Prior to that he’s had varied huge attacks as effectively. https://t.co/OlDCFvJ6BA pic.twitter.com/ZMcdnYFnRo

— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) November 4, 2022

The hot theft represents the 2nd exploit by the Monkey drainer within ten days. On Oct. 25, the exploiter ripped off 700 ETH ($1 million) over 24 hours from several victims.

1/ At some level of the last 24 hrs ~700 ETH ($1m) has been stolen by the phishing scammer identified as Monkey Drainer.

They impartial currently surpassed 7300 transactions from their drainer pockets after being around for many effective just a few months. pic.twitter.com/6vAYBiqCxQ

— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) October 25, 2022

Two of one of the best victims misplaced $370,000 by signing transactions on malicious phishing net sites operated by Monkey Drainer. Among the victims misplaced one BAYC, one CloneX, $36,000 in USDC, and 12 varied NFTs value around $150,000, whereas but any other held over $6.2 million value of crypto on the time nonetheless most efficient misplaced $220,000.

Change: Monkey spammed the thread with bots pic.twitter.com/gKvN1qhpol

— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) October 25, 2022

Monkey Drainer in most cases robs NFTs holders of their assortment through phishing attacks surroundings incorrect crypto and NFT net sites, posing as prominent blockchain platforms like Aptos and RTFKT.

Meanwhile, digital asset companies are bracing up in opposition to Monkey Drainer. As of late, Web3 security agency Chain bus flagged four addresses connected to the Hacker.