The official Discord channel of the NFT marketplace OpenSea was recently infiltrated by cybercriminals who used it to distribute a phishing link.
According to The Verge, a bot in the channel made a fake announcement that the NFT marketplace was partnering with YouTube and that users should click on a “YouTube Genesis Mint Pass” in order to get one of 100 free NFTs before they’re gone forever.
Just like cybercriminals often do in phishing emails, this message instilled a sense of urgency to get users to click on a link to a site that that blockchain security company PeckShield has now flagged as a phishing site.
