{"id":238010,"date":"2022-05-18T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=238010"},"modified":"2022-05-18T17:35:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T16:35:36","slug":"axie-infinity-targeted-in-another-hack-via-dis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/axie-infinity-targeted-in-another-hack-via-dis\/","title":{"rendered":"Axie Infinity targeted in another hack, this time via discord bot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Axie Infinity<\/span><\/a> has <\/span>announced<\/span><\/a> on its Twitter page that there was a compromise of the MEE6 bot on its Discord server. The MEE6 team has denied that there was an attack on its bot.<\/span><\/p>\n

The MEE6 bot is quite popular on Discord, with many servers using it for automating messages and other functions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Axie Infinity said on May 18 that the attackers compromised the bot and used it to add permissions for a fake Jiho account which they subsequently used to post a phony mint announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1\/ There was a compromise of the Mee6 bot which was installed on the main Axie server. The attackers used that bot to add permissions to a fake Jiho account, which then posted a fake announcement about a mint.<\/p>\n

— Axie Infinity\ud83e\udd87\ud83d\udd0a (@AxieInfinity) May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n