The Polygon Discord channel was reportedly compromised on Saturday, Aug. 24, but the blockchain platform’s brass regained access after roughly four hours. The initial hack prompted Polygon (MATIC) chief information security officer Mudit Gupta to issue a warning on X.com, advising users not to click on any links in the official Discord channel.
The incident raised concerns among Polygon users, with one member saying that scam links were being posted on the channel.
Roughly four hours later, Gupta made an update informing users that the Polygon team had regained control of the channel and were rectifying changes made by the hackers.
Discord is a free online messaging app that has gained popularity among crypto communities, alongside X, Telegram, and Reddit. Projects regularly use the platform to share important information, and scammers seem to have taken note.
In July, Ethereum (ETH) liquid restaking platform Renzo lost ownership of its Discord channel to bad actors. At the time, it was unclear whether anyone lost any funds as a result of the hack.
In another incident, hackers added a fake Discord link on the website of security auditing firm CertiK. The link led to a fake Discord server hosting malicious software designed to drain funds from users’ wallets.
In September 2023, CertiK reported that scammers made off with more than $6 million from attacks instigated through compromised crypto Discord channels. The attackers mostly used the channels to spam fake token airdrops, with the airdrop links containing phishing links.
