After NFT Auction: Hackers Steal 119.2 ETH in Donated Funds from Bill Murray’s Wallet

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• “Beer With Bill Murray” sold for $185,000 at a fundraising auction

• Shortly after the auction, a hacker emptied Murray’s wallet containing donations to Chive Charities

• Another auction participant donated the same amount directly so that Chive Charities didn’t go away empty-handed

Hackers keep stealing cryptocurrencies and NFTs – sometimes stealing very large sums of money. This also happened to actor and comedian Bill Murray, who auctioned one of his NFTs for donation purposes at the end of August: A few hours after the auction, his wallet was emptied by a scammer. However, Murray’s cybersecurity team was able to mitigate much of the cyberattack and contain the damage.

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‘Beer With Bill Murray’ fetches $185,000 at auction

On Aug. 31, CoinDesk reported that Bill Murray auctioned his NFT “Beer With Bill Murray” at a fundraising auction for as much as 119.2 ETH (around $185,000). Six interested parties competed in bidding, the proceeds should go to the non-profit organization Chive Charities. Two days later, the next news came: hackers stole the entire 119.2 ETH from Murray’s wallet just hours after the auction. According to Etherscan and Murray’s cybersecurity team, the hackers also tried to steal the actor’s private NFTs, but were unsuccessful. The team ran a script that automatically transferred the artworks – including CryptoPunks and Cool Cats – to a Safehouse wallet. About 800 NFTs from Murray’s donation collection “Bill Murray 1000” could also be brought to safety from the hackers via various other safehouse wallets. The team is now in contact with the police and the crypto analysis company Chainalysis to find the culprit or culprits.

Despite the theft, a donation to Chive Charities is inevitable

Project Venkman, a partner at the auction, confirmed the theft via Twitter. In fact, the cyber attack on Murray’s wallet does not mean that the donation to Chive Charities will not be forthcoming: According to CoinDesk, one of the winners of the auction, Coinbase user Mishap72, directly donated 120 ETH (around 187,000 US dollars) to the organization to make up for the missing funds. Chive Charities itself has launched a fundraising campaign on gofundme, which as of mid-September has already raised over $37,000 in donations – over $25,000 of which in less than 24 hours.

All proceeds from “Bill Murray 1000” will be donated to Chive Charities

“Beer With Bill Murray” is part of a collection totaling 1,000 NFTs created by Bill Murray in cooperation with Coinbase, the artist behind is Daniel Grizzle. The cheapest of the 82 NFTs published so far cost 11 ETH (around 10,000 US dollars), “Beer With Bill Murray” was auctioned off at the donation auction to Brant Boresma. Murray is now allowed to go out drinking beer with Bill Murray, and Grizzle will paint the two of them during their meeting. The image then also becomes the property of the NFT buyer.

Additional Murray NFTs are set to be auctioned off at additional fundraising auctions in the coming months. According to the website of the NFT collection (“Bill Murray 1000”), 100 percent of the cryptos raised from the sales will be donated to Chive Charity. The organization supports people with particularly rare diseases, first responders and war veterans.

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