(ANSA) - MILAN, 22 FEB - OpenSea, one of the largest and most famous digital works shops in NFT, has confirmed that decades of its users have been victims of digital works being stolen from their accounts.
At least 17 buyers of the platform from which cybercriminals have stolen 253 files, purchased for 600 Ethereum, the cryptocurrency used on the service, for a total value of about 1.6 million dollars.
Despite the technologically advanced defenses of OpenSea, where anyone can buy and sell their works in NFT, the nonfungible tokens that certify the validity and possession of a file, hackers have used the well-known technique of phishing to deceive victims.
Knowing the need to update the platform's exchange protocol, the attackers sent hundreds of subscribers an email inviting them to upgrade their profile by clicking on a link inserted in the text.
This actually set in motion the execution of an automatic program, a so-called "script", which stole digital works already resold by hackers.
Earlier, there was talk of even greater theft, a consequence of over 30 stolen wallets.
OpenSea,
through the words of the CEO Devin Finzer, he then ratified the number, confirming what had happened.
The CEO posted a tweet in which he calms his users, explaining that the inact migration, the real one, is risk-free.
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