Opensee, ee vun de gréissten NFT Maartplaz saw an unprecedented surge since its inception. That said, this rise saw different hiccups on the way that did hinder its growth.
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déi offiziell OpenSea Discord hacked and posted a link to a phishing site in partnership with YouTube. Scammers hacked the main OpenSea Discord server and started publishing fake collaboration announcements. This was followed by a link to a free version of the “YouTube Genesis Mint Pass.”
Et liest:
"Mir hu mat YouTube zesummegeschafft fir hir Gemeinschaft an den NFT Space ze bréngen, a mir verëffentlechen e Mint Pass mat hinnen, deen d'Halter erlaabt hire Projet gratis ze mintéieren zesumme mat anere verréckten Utilities ze kréien fir e Besëtzer ze sinn."
The announcement further gave more details as highlighted by Wu blockchain, a famed news agency on 6 May tweet, to highlight this incident.
Den offiziellen OpenSea Discord gouf gehackt an huet e Link op eng Phishing-Site an Zesummenaarbecht mat YouTube gepost. Den 1. Abrëll goufen eng grouss Zuel vu Blue-Chip NFT DISCORDs gehackt a Phishing Links gepost. pic.twitter.com/uDbNklIgn3
- Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) Mee 6, 2022
As per the official announcement, the team bestätegt gouf this incident. ‘We are currently investigating a potential vulnerability in our Discord, please do not click on any links in the Discord.’
After several tweets in regards to the incident, peckshield bestätegt gouf datt den Discord Kanal vun der NFT Maartplaz exploitéiert gouf.
#PeckShieldAlert #phishing @opensee discord is exploited, youtubenft[.]art is the phishing site. Do *NOT* fall prey to it! https://t.co/RAcRjEfuub pic.twitter.com/rjqMpTnpjW
— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) Mee 6, 2022
Although, there’s no official confirmation whether anyone fell prey to the scam. But, the event did create major concerns- here’s why. The giant NFT marketplace was exploitéiert earlier this year as well. Reports claimed that the exploiter swiped $1.8 million worth of digital art. The company later promised to reimburse all affected users.
Overall, the end of 2021 and early 2022 saw the marketplace breaking record after record in terms of monthly volumes and NFTs sold. But things have been going biergof zanter.
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Sadly, these kinds of attacks persist in the NFT space and some individuals continue to fall for them. The number of funds flowing into NFT projects made it a prime target for hackers. Clearly, they have had a lucrative time of it and so employ these tactics.
Source: https://ambcrypto.com/latest-phishing-attempt-on-opensea-heres-what-investors-need-to-be-wary-of/