Cryptocurrency

"DeviantArt Protect: Helping Safeguard Your Art"

2021-08-06 [vendor] DeviantArt releases theft scanner [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

DeviantArt releases software to automatically scan the NFT platform OpenSea for NFTs that use stolen artwork from DeviantArt. While it’s awesome that DeviantArt created this tool to help the artists on their platform, it underscores the hands-off, look-the-other-way approach OpenSea has taken to the rampant art theft on their platform. Even reports of blatant copies of artwork have been rejected with no action, and artists are forced to report each infringement of their work individually even if there are many.

Technical Details

Vendor / Product
DeviantArt releases theft scanner

Timeline

  1. 2021-08-06 Breach occurred
  2. 2021-08-06 Publicly disclosed