Seven Ways NFT Owners Can Protect NFT Assets

The world's largest NFT trading platform, open sea, was attacked. On February 20, a bug occurred in the newly migrated contract of opensea. The attacker stole a large number of NFTs and sold them for arbitrage. Opensea official reminder, this looks like a phishing attack from outside the opensea website, do not click on any links outside of opensea.IO.

The CEO of opensea said that 32 users’ NFTs have been stolen, and some NFTs have been returned. On February 21, the opensea CTO said that this attack is less likely to be related to the migration of opensea, and there is evidence that this is a targeted attack. It is not a systemic problem. According to statistics, this phishing attack affected 640 Ethereum assets of 32 users, or about 1.7 million US dollars.

So far, the list of affected individuals has been narrowed to 17. On February 22, a BAYC owner claimed that the hacker purchased his BAYC for 0.01 Ethereum through opensea inactive listing of exploits, and he sued opensea for withdrawal of more than 1 million US dollars or the return of the code 3475. BAYC. At present, Opensea officials have ruled out the possibility that the contract migration tool is an attack vector. opensea signatures are still safe, how should NFT owners protect NFT assets?

First, choosing a hard wallet to store NFTs is the safest way. Second, don't click on unverified links or random links sent by unknown sources. Third, double-check domain links to prevent landing fake pages. Fourth, don't share your screen. Fifth, don't reveal your mnemonic phrases, and don't use your mobile phone or computer to record mnemonic phrases. Sixth, if you need help, turn to official websites instead of social media. Seventh, revoke the approval of the trading platform contract through the blockchain browser, improve security awareness and protect personal assets.

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