On 5th May, Colin Wu, a cryptocurrency insider and journalist, published a screenshot from OpenSea’s main Discord channel, the world’s largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens. It appears that scammers have taken control of it. Scammers hacked the main OpenSea Discord channel and started broadcasting fake partnership announcements, as shared by Mr. Wu on Twitter.
The fake message was distributed through the announcements channel. Users can no longer access this channel now. Scammers declared that OpenSea has allegedly partnered with YouTube video hosting and is ready to mint an exclusive NFT drop to celebrate this collaboration.
Only the 100 first participants will be able to claim their tokens with a 100 percent discount. As a result, OpenSea Discord users should click on what looks to be a phishing link right away.
Fraudsters also try to entice OpenSea supporters by offering “crazy utilities” from YouTube for people who claim the NFTs. Just like other fraudsters, they are stating that this deal is exclusive and the mint will not have a second round.
It is unknown whether any users were affected by the attack or whether any NFTs were lost.
Similar attacks have occurred in the NFT space, where Discord servers are frequently hacked to promote bogus giveaways. This happened on the Discord server of the Bored Ape Yacht Club. More recently, the Bored Ape Instagram account was hacked to advertise a bogus NFT mint, which stole $2.8 million in NFTs from unsuspecting customers.
OpenSea also introduced an API module earlier today. The new protocol, called OpenSea Stream API, is set to allow developers to stay tuned for all crucial events in the OpenSea ecosystem, such as price fluctuations, listings, bids and ownership changes.
