A community sting operation resulted in a hacker getting scammed, according to the World of Solana WoS Twitter account.
The hacker got scammed in this case, which is particularly satisfying.
How did the hacker get scammed?
The story began after a hack of the Discord channel of the Unchained NFT on Monday.
Unchained NFT is a gaming development studio that aims to develop back-end compatibility between the NFT projects and chains we represent. The hacker drained the wallets of 109 users, resulting in a total loss of 150 SOL $6,700 and the theft of 25 WoS NFTs. There were several of the top 100 lost within the WOS NFTs.
In order to get the NFTs back, community members QuantMaven, AngelaTNFT, andCryptosile hatched a plan that was led by the developers of the community, together with the dev CyberFrogsNFT.
The team set royalties to 98% to bait the hacker into breaking cover, while asking the community to keep watch on Solana's primary NFT marketplace, Magic Eden.
A percentage cut of the sales price is a percentage cut when the NFT is sold on a marketplace. The default royalty on WoS NFTs is 5%.
Two days after springing the trap, the hacker listed the stolen NFTs on Magic Eden, which resulted in 15 being bought by the community and the rest taken by a sniper. The message sent to the sniper ended up in the return of the stolen NFTs to their rightful owners. The final tweet was signed off by praising the community's actions in pulling off the sting, and for a second time.
What is the World of Solana?
The WoS is a collection of 2,222 unique Solana - heroines fighting for freedom in a fictional war between rival blockchains and the government.
Each has 18 distinct traits, including background, aura, hairstyle, body, etc. The most expensive WoS NFT is 1874, which is listed at 123 SOL $5,600 The collection has a current price floor of 2.03 SOL $92, which represents a 41% drop from its peak floor price of 3.46, achieved on April 12.