A hacker has taken over the Discord server for Terraria’s popular Calamity Mod, using its 250,000+ members to promote a cryptocurrency scam.
>On October 9, two users reportedly tricked the server owner into granting access by pretending to be former moderators. One later identified as Kata, a hacker linked to multiple Discord server takeovers.
>The attackers spammed links to a cryptocurrency named after Calamity to inflate its price with community attention before selling off and leaving others with the losses.
>Former moderators warned users to stay away from the crypto links, and one managed to wipe the server’s channels and messages.
Tens of thousands of members have left the server.