Wallets of NFT influencer drained in OBS malware attack

Non-fungible token (NFT) influencer who goes by ‘NFT God’ on Twitter lost all his digital assets in a hack on Jan. 14. One of his nearly 90,000 Twitter followers bought NFT God’s stolen Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFT and offered to return it at cost price — over $25,000.
Earlier in the day, NFT God, whose real name is Alex, downloaded the video streaming service OBS. However, he used a sponsored link on Google that contained malware-infected software. Cybersecurity expert John Hammond warned people against the fake OBS software two weeks ago.
A couple of hours later, a follower alerted Alex that his Twitter account had been compromised. Within minutes, Alex recovered control of his Twitter account and deleted the scam tweets posted by the hackers.
After a few hours, Alex realized that the Twitter hack was just the beginning of a string of attacks. All his wallets had been drained of cryptocurrencies and NFTs, worth what Alex described as a “life-changing amount.”
Hours later, Al

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