OpenSea Discord server hacked, users warned to be vigilant of phishing scams

OpenSea Discord server hacked, users warned to be vigilant of phishing scams

The hacker's initial post, which was published in the announcements channel, claimed that OpenSea had “partnered with YouTube to bring their community into the NFT Space." Nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea suffered a server breach on its main Discord channel, with hackers posting fake "Youtube partnership" announcements.A screenshot shared Friday shows fake collaboration news, accompanied by a link to a phishing site. OpenSea Support's official Twitter account tweeted that the marketplace's Discord server was breached Friday morning and warned users not to click links in the....


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