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A screenshot shared on Friday reveals a phishing site linked to phony collaboration news.
The marketplace’s Discord server was hacked Friday morning, according to OpenSea Support’s official Twitter account, which cautioned customers not to access the channel.
On its primary Discord channel, the nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea had a server breach, with hackers posting phony “Youtube partnership” announcements.
“Fear of missing out”
The hacker was successful in posting follow-ups to the initial false announcement, reiterating the phony link, and stating that 70% of the supply had already been coined in an attempt to induce “fear of missing out” in victims.
According to initial reports, the hacker used webhooks to get access to server controls. A webhook is a server plugin that lets other software get real-time data.
Hackers are increasingly using webhooks as an attack vector since they allow them to send messages from official server accounts.
OpenSea had “partnered with YouTube to bring their community into the NFT Space,” according to the hacker’s initial post, which was published in the announcements channel.”
The invader appeared to have been able to stay on the server for a long time before OpenSea technicians were able to recover control.
“Insane utilities”
The scammer also tried to persuade OpenSea users by stating that anyone who claimed the NFTs would receive “insane utilities” from YouTube.
They state that this offer is one-of-a-kind and that there will be no more rounds to engage in, which is typical of con artists.
As of this writing, on-chain data indicates that 13 wallets have been infiltrated, with the most valued NFT stolen being a Founders’ Pass worth about 3.33 ETH ($8,982.58).
The OpenSea Discord server isn’t the only one that uses webhooks. Bored Ape Yacht Club, Doodles, and KaijuKings are just a few of the popular NFT collections’ channels. were hacked in early April using a similar weakness that allowed the hacker to post phishing links using official server credentials.
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