this Offshoreone of the largest non-tradable token trading platforms (NFTs) in the world, this Thursday (29) admitted to having a pain data leak your users. In a statement, the company urges affected customers to be wary of attempted email scams.
According to the company, the security incident was caused by an employee. customer.io, the company responsible for the firm’s e-mail service. The trader in question would have abused privileged access to the system. download and share email addresses Provided by users and subscribers to the OpenSea newsletter.
There is no exact information about its size. data breach, but in principle anyone who registered their email address on the platform could be affected. “If you’ve shared your email with OpenSea in the past, you should assume you were impressed,” the startup warned.
The company said it was working with Customer.io on its own internal investigation to investigate the leak and that the employee’s access was removed and suspended until completion. Authorities and affected customers are already aware of the situation – they are informed via e-mail.
Phishing risk
In the published alert, the startup asks users to be aware of possible dangers. fraud attemptsCybercriminals try to impersonate customers when communicating with them using an email similar to the official domain. Examples of fake addresses are “opensea.org” and “opensea.xyz”, “opensea.xyz”.opensea.io“It is the real thing.
When receiving phishing emails that impersonate the company, the user should avoid opening attachments; and Do not click on suspicious links, also not to share wallet passwords or passphrases, and never to sign a wallet transaction requested via message. The company claims that the official emails do not contain attachments or download requests.
According to OpenSea, it is likely that only email addresses registered by users were leaked. “We do not believe any other customer data has been compromised, but we continue to investigate,” the platform said.
Source: Tec Mundo
