Latest phishing attempt on OpenSea, here’s what investors need to be wary of

OpenSea, one of the largest NFT marketplace saw an unprecedented surge since its inception. That said, this rise saw different hiccups on the way that did hinder its growth.

The officialOpenSea Discord hacked and posted a link to a phishing site in partnership with YouTube. Scammers hacked the main OpenSea Discord server and started publishing fake collaboration announcements. This was followed by a link to a free version of the “YouTube Genesis Mint Pass.”

It read:

“We have partnered with YouTube to bring their community into the NFT Space, and we’re releasing a mint pass with them that will allow holders to mint their project for free along with getting other insane utilities for being a holder of it.”

The announcement further gave more details as highlighted by Wu blockchain, a famed news agency on 6 May tweet, to highlight this incident.

<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>The official OpenSea Discord was hacked and posted a link to a phishing site in partnership with youtube. On April 1st, a large number of blue-chip NFT DISCORDs were hacked and posted phishing links. pic.twitter.com/uDbNklIgn3

— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) May 6, 2022

As per the official announcement, the team confirmed this incident. ‘We are currently investigating a potential vulnerability in our Discord, please do not click on any links in the Discord.’

After several tweets in regards to the incident, PeckShield confirmed that the Discord channel of the NFT marketplace had been exploited.

<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>#PeckShieldAlert #phishing @opensea discord is exploited, youtubenft[.]art is the phishing site. Do *NOT* fall prey to it! https://t.co/RAcRjEfuub pic.twitter.com/rjqMpTnpjW

— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) May 6, 2022

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