$1.7 million worth of NFTs stolen in OpenSea phishing attack

OpenSea, a service recently valued at more than $13 billion, has seen at least 32 of its clients affected by a phishing attack, resulting in millions of dollars worth of NFTs being stolen.

Reportedly, 254 tokens purchased from OpenSea were stolen from the wallets of users between 5 PM and 8 PM ET on Feb. 19. Among them NFTs that came from Decentraland, Bored Ape Yacht Club, and Mutant Ape Yacht Club.

The OpenSea CEO, Devin Finzer, has assured clients that the website is operating. He also said that “as far as we can tell,” the victims had fallen for a “phishing attack.”

The clients of OpenSea reported on the phishing attack on Twitter, commenting on the incident:

Unfortunately, however, it is not been an easy time for OpenSea recently. It limited the number of NFTs individuals could create using its free minting tool to 50 last month, explaining that over 80% of the tokens created using this feature were counterfeit, used plagiarized content, or were spam.

But OpenSea reversed its decision and lifted the limit following an outcry from clients.

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