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 token...
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Unknown User Loses 3 Bored Ape NFTs (Worth $900k) to Wallet Phishing Website
An NFT owner with the Twitter username, Black Apple just lost three of his BAYC NFTs worth $900,000 in ETH to a wallet phishing website. The attack was first identified and reported by Zachxbt via a t...
DeFiance Capital Founder Loses $1.7M in NFTs To Phishing Scam
The founder of DeFiance Capital, Arthur Cheong, has had roughly $1.7 million in NFTs lifted from his crypto wallet early Tuesday morning. The pieces stolen included five CloneXs, 17 Azukis, 33 Second...
BlockFi Warns against Phishing Attacks after Vendor Data Breach
Crypto lending platform, BlockFi has confirmed a data breach incident that took place last Friday using one of its third-party vendors, Hubspot. It was providing customer relationship management (CRM...
Crypto Phishing Groups Solicit Phony Aid Donations Amid Ukraine Conflict
Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, phishing scammers are masquerading as aid groups to solicit crypto donations, according to research published by cybersecurity firm Expel. “Since the start of the i...
Rare Bears suffers phishing attack
TL; DR Breakdown Rare Bears suffers phishing attack The platform lost $800,000 to hackers in the attack Phishing attacks in discord are on the rise Rare Bears, an NFT project that recently debuted in ...
Rare Bears Discord phishing attack nabs $800K in NFTs
Recently launched NFT project, Rare Bears, was hit with an attack, after a hacker posted a phishing link in the project’s Discord channel, stealing nearly $800,000 in NFTs. Analysis from blockch...
Opensea phishing scandal reveals a security need across the NFT and Digital Assets
OpenSea revealed that it was going to initiate a smart contract upgrade Best way to eliminate the possibility of these attacks is if we start making use of hardware wallets Global NFT sales topped out...
Solana Network Gets Hit with Phishing Attacks
Arman Shirinyan Solana network users are facing problems with security once again According to WuBlockchain, Solana Network users got hit with a series of phishing attacks that came up in the form of ...
OpenSea phishing attack creates a need for security on NFT platforms
The NFT sector has recorded notable growth over the past year despite the recession across the broader cryptocurrency market. Notable brands such as Visa, the New York Stock Exchange, Coca-Cola, Adida...
Solana (SOL) Becoming A Target For Phishing Attacks; Here’s Why
Slowmist, a blockchain security company has issued a warning for the users regarding recent Solana network phishing attacks. The company informed that these kinds of theft have been very frequent. Rec...
Opensea phishing scandal reveals a security need across the NFT landscape
Despite the ongoing volatility plaguing the digital asset sector, one niche that has undoubtedly continued to flourish is the nonfungible token (NFT) market. This is made evident by the fact that a gr...
Ukraine’s Planned Airdrop Likely Targeted By Phishing Attempt
Data from Etherscan showed Ukraine’s wallet appeared to be distributing a newly minted token to donors, ahead of a planned airdrop at 6 PM Kyiv time (11 AM ET). But twitter users pointed out that the ...
Things You Can Learn From the Recent OpenSea Phishing Attack
In February 2022, OpenSea saw one of the largest attacks in the history of Non-fungible tokens. It was reported that the attackers were able to get away with tokens worth $1.7 million in ETH. On Febru...
NFT platform OpenSea sees trading drop after phishing attack
A phishing attack saw traders lose as much as US$3 million After the attack, activity on OpenSea dropped drastically Unidentified hacker stole 254 tokens from OpenSea Movement on OpenSea, the world’s ...
Recent “phishing attack” drops OpenSea numbers
Activities on OpenSea have dropped considerably on the back of the recent phishing attack that saw its users lose around $3 million worth of their NFTs. OpenSea trading activities down According to av...
User sues OpenSea for $1M+ after losing his Bored Ape NFT in phishing attack
Texas resident Timothy McKimmy has officially filed a lawsuit for at least $1 million against non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea. In the complaint, he accused the platform of “negligence” th...
OpenSea phishing attack, here’s what happened
Another attack on users of the NFT marketplace OpenSea emerged yesterday February 20th. As reported by CryptoSlate, the CEO of the NFT marketplace, Devin Finzer, tweeted that it’s likely a phishing at...
OpenSea Says Phishing Attack Likely Caused ‘Small Number’ of Users To Lose Access to NFTs
Top non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea says a phishing attack is likely behind the exploit that left a small number of users unable to access their NFTs. Earlier this month, OpenSea announce...
OpenSea CEO Clarifies Phishing Attack Did Not Originate on Platform
OpenSea co-founder and CEO Devin Finzer clarified that the recent phishing attack that saw $1.7 million stolen did not originate from the platform. The team is investigating the matter to locate the s...
OpenSea Confirms Under Phishing Attack, after Urging Users to Migrate NFTs New Addresses
Hours after OpenSea announced an upgrade to delist inactive Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) on its platform. Some users have been targeted explicitly through a phishing attack disguised as a legitimate ema...
Opensea CEO Dismisses $200 Million Hack Rumor, Claims Incident Was a Phishing Attack – Security Bitcoin News
Opensea co-founder and CEO, Devin Finzer, has denied rumors that the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace’s codebase was breached and that attackers had stolen $200 million. According to Finzer, an in...
OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer Responds to $1.7 Million Phishing Attack
Last night, reports surfaced that NFT collectors had been losing NFTs and Ethereum from wallets. OpenSea has now confirmed that what happened was a phishing attack, which saw over $1.7 million in asse...
OpenSea Admits Phishing Attack On Its Platform, 32 Users Affected
Leading Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has confirmed that the platform recently suffered a phishing attack. According to the report, the attack has so far affected 32 users who lost a co...
OpenSea CEO Reassures Users After Phishing Attack
OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer is confident, after talking to people, teams, and projects in the NFT space, that users’ NFT losses did not originate on opensea.io but from third-party websites. The largest ...
OpenSea Confirms Phishing Attack, Here Is What We Know
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 strateg...
OpenSea suffers “phishing” attack, users lose NFTs worth millions
Users of OpenSea were once again the victims of hacks yesterday, with millions worth of NFTs stolen. While the source of the attack remains undetermined, the CEO of the NFT marketplace, Devin Finzer, ...
Nearly $2 Million In ETH Stolen From OpenSea Users In Latest ‘Phishing Attack’ ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     The world’s largest NFT market place OpenSea suffered an exploit that left dozens of NFTs missing. The news came in after a series of tweets by some ...
NFT Marketplace OpenSea Suffers Massive Phishing Attack
Alex Dovbnya The NFT community has been flummoxed by the recent OpenSea hack, which appears to be the result of a phishing attack Online non-fungible token marketplace OpenSea has started investigatin...
OpenSea planned upgrade stalls as phishing attack targets NFT migration
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,...
OpenSea CEO Says NFT Exploit Was Likely a ‘Phishing Attack’
OpenSea says it is “actively investigating rumors of an exploit” that occurred on the popular Ethereum NFT marketplace Saturday. Users reported that digital assets, including NFTs from the...