OpenSea is investigating rumors of a multi-million dollar NFT exploit | Crypto Craft

  • OpenSea is investigating rumors of a multi-million dollar NFT exploit

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    OpenSea co-founder Devin Finzer tweeted that the firm was still investigating the incident, adding that they believe it stemmed from a "phishing attack." He added: "We don’t believe it’s connected to the OpenSea website. It appears 32 users thus far have signed a malicious payload from an attacker, and some of their NFTs were stolen." Finzer suggested impacted users reach out to the firm via Twitter support. The nascent market for non-fungible tokens was sent into a tizzy Saturday evening after millions of dollars worth of NFTs on OpenSea were swiped by a hacker. At the time of writing, it is not clear if the ... (full story)

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cryptocow
Feb 21, 2022 1:10pm
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Quoting kwanelemsomi
How did the hackers get access to the users email addresses?
One way would be to use the emails from a previously leaked database (like from the Ledger leak). I'd assume there is a decent number of users in that Leder leak that also use OpenSea. Then it's phishing time!
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cryptocow
Feb 20, 2022 12:30pm
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NFTs are a fertile phishing ground.
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kwanelemsomi
Feb 20, 2022 1:58pm
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How did the hackers get access to the users email addresses?
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kwanelemsomi
Feb 21, 2022 1:14pm
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Hectic stuff
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