Somewhere Someone is Laughing at Our Reality - Yes. Someone Lost $2.7M worth of Bored Ape NFTs...
Peter Saddington's video dissects the theft of $2.7 million worth of Bored Ape NFTs, highlighting the risks and security pitfalls in the Web3 space. He emphasizes that individuals entering the crypto world often carry over poor security habits, which become especially dangerous when dealing with digital assets. The discussion breaks down how a social engineering attack tricked an NFT collector into granting broad permissions via a seemingly innocuous transaction. This "set approval for all" contract call, when signed in the victim's wallet, allowed the hacker to drain valuable NFTs. Saddington argues that users must adopt rigorous verification practices, understanding that in the decentralized world of crypto, they act as their own bank and are solely responsible for security.
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This video is part of a library of 780+ episodes published by Peter Saddington on staas.fund. Peter is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist (StaaS Fund, RegD 506B), and AI practitioner who has trained 17,000+ professionals in agile and AI methodologies. He bought Bitcoin at $2.52 in 2011, built 4 autonomous AI agents (the Council of Dogelord), and operates 10+ websites with zero employees. His AI Workshop has been attended by Fortune 500 teams, and his newsletter "The Agile VC" reaches thousands of subscribers weekly. Peter holds 3 Master's degrees (Divinity, Computer Science, Computational Operations Research) from institutions including Georgia Tech.