NFT marketplace OpenSea is investigating a phishing hack
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OpenSea’s website is shown on a smartphone with a screen. Here digital artworks can be purchased using NFT. NFTs are non-fungible tokens that can be added to an image, music, or video file to create unique cryptographic credentials.
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NFT Marketplace OpenSea has announced late Saturday that they are investigating an “phishing attack”, which no longer seems to be active.
“We do not believe that it is linked to OpenSea. Devin Finzer: It seems that 32 people have already signed malicious payloads from attackers, some of which were taken as NFTs.” said on Twitter. Over the last year, NFTs (or non-fungible tokens) have seen a surge in popularity.
Ownership of these assets is recorded on a blockchain — a digital ledger similar to the networks that underpin bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. However, unlike most currencies, one can not exchange NFTs for the other like they could with dollars, or any other asset. Each NFT acts as an exclusive collector’s item and can never be replicated.
Finzer stated that some of the NFTs stolen have been returned.
Finzer dispelled the rumors that hacker was worth $200m in a series tweets. Finzer stated that the hacker had $1.7 million worth of Ethereum in his wallet after he sold some stolen NFTs.
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