OpenSea, one of the largest non-fungiable token (NFT) markets, has reported being the victim of phishing attacks. Some of the users of the platform are complaining that various altcoin assets have been stolen. While Devin Finzer, co-founder of OpenSea, is making a statement about this problem, traders share the phishing mail they received on Twitter. As Kriptokoin.com, we provide the details…
OpenSea fell victim to phishing attack: Users lost altcoin and NFT
According to PeckShield, OpenSea users complained of a phishing attack that resulted in numerous non-stolen tokens . At the same time, the NFT marketplace said it was investigating these “rumors” and that any attacks were not related to the website. Reports began to come from OpenSea users who saw disturbing behavior in their accounts. In a post on Twitter on Saturday night, OpenSea said:
We are actively investigating rumors of an OpenSea-related smart contract-related exploit. This appears to be a phishing attack originating outside of OpenSea’s website. Do not click on links other than opensea.io.
Statement from OpenSea founder
Following PeckShield’s Twitter post, the company’s co-founder Devin Finzer later made a statement on the subject and said 32 users “some NFT He stated that his ‘s were stolen. Finzer also claimed that the team believed the attack had stopped as there were no more reports of phishing emails. He also denied rumors that $200 million was stolen from the platform. By his own estimations, the perpetrator has so far sold some NFTs worth $1.7 million in Ethereum (ETH). On Twitter, traders posted what were initially seen as official OpenSea emails about the transition from contract A to contract B.
OpenSea released a new contract on Friday, which will be its smart contract (mainly) had planned to revise the code that manages the trading platform. The purpose of the updated contract was to remove, expire, old, inactive listings on the platform. The apparent attacker’s address contains approximately $1.7 million worth of ETH, as well as three tokens from the Bored Ape Yacht Club, two Cool Cats, Doodle and Azuki tokens.
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