OpenSea, the world’s largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, has issued a warning to its customers after an employee of Customer.io, an email campaign and newsletter management platform, was found to have leaked the list. of emails from OpenSea customers to a third party.
The leak has affected all users who have given their email address to the marketeither for the platform or for your newsletter. After the leak, OpenSea warned its customers of possible phishing attempts.
The NFT marketplace announced Thursday that it has contacted law enforcement about the leak and an investigation is underway..
An employee of our email vendor, https://t.co/6vM4WAcJal, misused their employee access to download & share email addresses with an unauthorized external party.
Email addresses provided to OpenSea by users or newsletter subscribers were impacted.https://t.co/Osb6qqkqZZ
— OpenSea (@opensea) June 30, 2022
An employee of our email provider, https://t.co/6vM4WAcJal, misused his employee access to download and share email addresses with an unauthorized outside party. Email addresses provided to OpenSea by users or newsletter subscribers were affected. https://t.co/Osb6qqkqZZ
The latest data breach is far from the first major assault on OpenSea and its users this year.. In May, the Discord server of the popular NFT marketplace was hacked, leading to a barrage of phishing attacks. In the event, the wallets of numerous users suffered exploits. In January, the platform suffered one of the most serious attacks to date, in which an exploit allowed attackers to sell NFTs without permission. The market reimbursed USD 1.8 million in losses.
My info was breached thanks to OpenSea and Customer or Lord Jeebus help me. I was wondering why I had so many spammy texts, phone calls, and emails lately.
— Metzilmazatl (Moon Deer)️ (@TheAscendant3) June 30, 2022
My information was breached thanks to OpenSea and Customer io. Mr. Jeebus, help me. I was wondering why I had so many spam messages, phone calls and emails lately
In March, Hubspot, a service comparable to Customer.io, was hacked, exposing customer usernames, phone numbers, and emails on BlockFi, Swan Bitcoin, NYDIG, and Circle.. Customers of these platforms saw their names, phone numbers, and email addresses revealed to a stranger.
OpenSea warned that hackers may try to contact OpenSea customers via emails from domains that look similar to OpenSea.io or OpenSea.xyz.. Users on Twitter have reported an increase in spam emails, phone calls, and text messages.
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