OpenSea NFT Phishing Attack Affected 17 Users

OpenSea, the non-fungible tokens NFT marketplace, claimed that 17 people were affected by the phishing attack on Sunday.

Rather than the 32 users previously reported.

The phishing attack was targeting smart contracts on OpenSea’s platform.

“Our original count included anyone who had interacted with the attacker.” 

“Rather than those who were victims of the phishing attack,” the marketplace tweeted on Monday.

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The attack also appears to be inactive, according to the business, as there has been no action on the malicious contract for over 15 hours.

What You Need To Know About The Phishing Attack;

Following rumors circulating about a smart contract exploit on the platform.

OpenSea has yet to verify the actual source of the phishing attack first noticed in the early hours of Sunday morning.

According to CEO Devin Finzer, 32 users “signed a malicious payload from an attacker, and some of their NFTs were taken.”

The vulnerability was “very likely phishing,” according to blockchain security firm PeckShield.

In which users allowed the migration of their NFTs to a new smart contract, allowing them to be stolen.

NFTs are blockchain-based digital assets that reflect ownership of virtual or physical goods.

OpenSea is one of the most well-known NFT platforms.

With a recent $300 million funding round valuing it at $13.3 billion.

According to DappRadar data, it has seen $3.77 billion in trade volume in the last 30 days.