OpenSea Cautions API Users Post Nansen Data Breach
OpenSea, a popular NFT trading platform, has issued a warning to its users about the safety of their API keys following a security incident involving a third-party vendor. The incident affected 6.8% of its users, allowing hackers to access admin rights to an account used to provision customer access to the platform. Nansen, a prominent blockchain data analytics company, has also reported the incident.
OpenSea, an NFT marketplace, has been reportedly targeted by a data security breach, according to a post by a pseudonymous X user, MatriXBT. OpenSea, which manages data for Fortune 500 and other cryptocurrency companies, sent an email to users warning them that information related to their API keys may have been exposed due to a security incident experienced by one of its vendors.
OpenSea, a NFT platform, has issued an email urging users to replace their existing keys with newly generated API keys. The current keys will expire on October 2, 2023, and the new API keys will have the same permissions and rate limits as the old ones. The platform has not issued a public statement on the alleged security breach, but some crypto community members have commented on the incident. The NFT marketplace assures developers that the new keys will have the same permissions and rate limits as the old ones.
(With inputs from Shikha Singh)
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