While most of us were enjoying our Saturday night, some people were losing their Bored Apes and Doodles thanks to — what appears to be — an OpenSea phishing attack… Covered: OpenSea Phishing Attack? Breaking Down The Rumors OpenSea Phishing Attack? We are continuing to investigate the phishing attack that was reported last night. We’ll […] The post OpenSea Says Phishing Attack To Blame appeared first on CryptosRus.

OpenSea Says Phishing Attack To Blame

While most of us were enjoying our Saturday night, some people were losing their Bored Apes and Doodles thanks to — what appears to be — an OpenSea phishing attack…

Covered:

  • OpenSea Phishing Attack?
  • Breaking Down The Rumors

OpenSea Phishing Attack?

News broke out late yesterday that, thanks to a smart contract exploit, several big ticket NFTs (BAYC, Doodles, Azukis) were selling for the price of gas to a wallet now labeled as Fake_Phishing5169 by Etherscan.

“For a grand total of $750 in gas, the attacker paid no ETH to purchase, and scooped 4 Azukis, 2 Coolmans, 2 Doodles, 2 KaijuKings, 1 MAYC, 1 Cool Cat, 1 BAYC… for $750. Seeing nothing about x2y2. Looks like a straight interaction with OS’ new contract,” said Jon_HQ, a Discord security auditor. 

OpenSea has since reported that it believes it was a phishing attack. “We’re continuing to investigate rumors of a phishing attack originating outside of OpenSea. Do not click links outside of opensea.io”.

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Breaking Down The Rumors

Some have pointed to a recent community update email as the source of the phishing attack. There are also claims circulating that the NFTs were sold without any signing involved, but others disagree on whether that’s even possible. 

Notably, fake_phishing5169 returned 50 ETH to NateRivers.ETH. Nate Rivers is one of the victims of the NFT heist. Rivers claims that he never interacted with a phishing email.

The value of fake_phishing5169’s wallet was almost 2 million dollars after the attack. It has since called quite a bit. According to DappRadar, the wallet only holds 30,000 USD as of press time. 

*This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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