Polygon Recovers Discord from $145K Phishing Scam, Enhances Security Ahead of POL Upgrade
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Polygon’s Discord server was compromised, leading to a $145,000 theft via a phishing scheme disguised as an airdrop.
Polygon disabled all bots and integrations on its Discord server to prevent further breaches during a thorough security review.
The hack highlights ongoing phishing risks as Polygon prepares for its MATIC to POL token migration on September 4.
Polygon has regained access to its community Discord server after a four-hour security breach that resulted in the theft of approximately $145,000 from one user.
The breach, which occurred early Saturday morning, involved a phishing scheme disguised as an airdrop ahead of Polygon’s migration from MATIC to POL.
The Polygon team has since secured the server and disabled all external bots and integrations to conduct a thorough security review.
The hack took place on saturday, with a fraudulent message being posted on the Discord server, allegedly from the account of Polygon’s community lead, Smokey.
The message falsely promoted a “special pre-migration” airdrop and included a phishing link designed to steal user assets.
Blockchain data shows that one user lost a Uniswap position valued at around $145,000 in the attack.
The phishing transaction occurred roughly few minutes after Polygon’s chief information security officer, Mudit Gupta, posted a warning about the breach on X. However, the hacker had already targeted their victim by then.
The wallet address used in the attack has been linked to previous phishing incidents.
