OpenSea Confirms Phishing Attack Affecting Multiple Users, Here Are The Facts
Almost 12 hours ago, leading NFT marketplace OpenSea confirmed its team was investigating a potential exploit related to its smart contracts. The platform claimed it was attacked by a phishing strategy that apparently “originated outside” of its website. Related Reading | Cardano Doubled The Reward For Hackers To Uncover Vulnerabilities In Its Blockchain At the time, […]
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OpenSea announced a new smart contract upgrade with a one-week deadline yesterday. However, the urgency and short deadline opened up a small window of opportunity for hackers. Just yesterday, OpenSea announced a smart contract upgrade, which requires users to migrate their listed NFTs from Ethereum (ETH) blockchain to a new smart contract. As a direct result of the upgrade, users that don't migrate over from Ethereum risk losing their old, inactive listings — which currently require no gas fees for migration. Major nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has reportedly fallen victim to....
Safety is one of the most important topics of the crypto sphere, and with good reason. Even the most significant self-custody platforms, such as OpenSea, are vulnerable to malicious behavior and attacks. Read on to find out why security should be your number one priority, and learn from a recent, serious phishing attempt on OpenSea. What does self-custody mean? Essentially, self-custody in crypto refers to holders’ sole responsibility to handle and store their information data such as private keys. Consequently, a self-custody platform does not keep any kind of record of private keys, and....
OpenSea, a leading NFT marketplace, has advised its users to exercise caution and avoid falling for phishing scams. The head of security said that an employee of a third-party vendor abused their access to customers’ data of OpenSea. OpenSea Customers’ Emails Leaked After discovering that email addresses had been shared with a third party, employees […]
DeFiance Capital founder and crypto investor Arthur Ox was the victim of a phishing attack. Bad actors managed to compromise Ox’s hot wallet and took control of over $1.5 million in non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Related Reading | The Nightly Mint: Daily NFT Recap The attackers moved the stolen assets to NFT marketplace OpenSea. Part of […]
Ledger confirmed that for the last week some customers have been the target of a phishing attack.