<p>World's largest NFT (non-fungible token) marketplace, OpenSea on Sunday confirmed that it has been hit by a phishing attack and at least 32 users had lost their valuable NFTs worth $1.7 million.</p>.<p>OpenSea Co-Founder and CEO, Devin Finzer acknowledged the phishing attack, confirming that 32 users have lost NFTs so far.</p>.<p>He said rumours that this was a $200 million hack are false and the attacker "has $1.7 million of ETH (Ethereum) in his wallet from selling some of the stolen NFTs.</p>.<p>While the NFT marketplace was yet to figure out the magnanimity of the cyber attack, Blockchain investigator Peckshield said he suspects a possible leak of user information (including email ids) that fuelled the phishing attack.</p>.<p>"We are actively investigating rumours of an exploit associated with OpenSea related smart contracts. This appears to be a phishing attack originating outside of OpenSea's website," the NFT marketplace posted in a tweet.</p>.<p>The hack happened as OpenSea announced a new smart contract upgrade with a one-week deadline to delist inactive NFTs on the platform.</p>.<p>The smart contract upgrade required users to migrate their listed NFTs from ETH blockchain to a new smart contract.</p>.<p>Within hours after OpenSea's upgrade announcement, reports across multiple sources emerged about an ongoing attack that targets the soon-to-be-delisted NFTs.</p>.<p>"We don't believe it's connected to the OpenSea website. It appears 32 users so far have signed a malicious payload from an attacker, and some of their NFTs were stolen," Finzer posted.</p>.<p>The OpenSea CEO urged affected users to directly message him on Twitter.</p>.<p>The phishing attack on NFT marketplace occurred as the UK tax authority last week seized three NFTs as part of a probe into a 1.4 million pounds (nearly $1.9 million) fraud case, the BBC reported on Monday.</p>.<p>The authority said it was the first UK law enforcement to seize an NFT.</p>.<p>Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs also seized 5,000 pounds worth of crypto assets ($6,762) alongside three NFT artworks, which have yet to be valued.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>World's largest NFT (non-fungible token) marketplace, OpenSea on Sunday confirmed that it has been hit by a phishing attack and at least 32 users had lost their valuable NFTs worth $1.7 million.</p>.<p>OpenSea Co-Founder and CEO, Devin Finzer acknowledged the phishing attack, confirming that 32 users have lost NFTs so far.</p>.<p>He said rumours that this was a $200 million hack are false and the attacker "has $1.7 million of ETH (Ethereum) in his wallet from selling some of the stolen NFTs.</p>.<p>While the NFT marketplace was yet to figure out the magnanimity of the cyber attack, Blockchain investigator Peckshield said he suspects a possible leak of user information (including email ids) that fuelled the phishing attack.</p>.<p>"We are actively investigating rumours of an exploit associated with OpenSea related smart contracts. This appears to be a phishing attack originating outside of OpenSea's website," the NFT marketplace posted in a tweet.</p>.<p>The hack happened as OpenSea announced a new smart contract upgrade with a one-week deadline to delist inactive NFTs on the platform.</p>.<p>The smart contract upgrade required users to migrate their listed NFTs from ETH blockchain to a new smart contract.</p>.<p>Within hours after OpenSea's upgrade announcement, reports across multiple sources emerged about an ongoing attack that targets the soon-to-be-delisted NFTs.</p>.<p>"We don't believe it's connected to the OpenSea website. It appears 32 users so far have signed a malicious payload from an attacker, and some of their NFTs were stolen," Finzer posted.</p>.<p>The OpenSea CEO urged affected users to directly message him on Twitter.</p>.<p>The phishing attack on NFT marketplace occurred as the UK tax authority last week seized three NFTs as part of a probe into a 1.4 million pounds (nearly $1.9 million) fraud case, the BBC reported on Monday.</p>.<p>The authority said it was the first UK law enforcement to seize an NFT.</p>.<p>Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs also seized 5,000 pounds worth of crypto assets ($6,762) alongside three NFT artworks, which have yet to be valued.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>