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2021-12-17 [vendor] OpenSea ignores stolen artwork reports [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

Artists going through the greuling process of reporting individual NFTs created without permission from their work reported tickets being automatically rejected. Artists were also required to provide personal information to OpenSea, who in some cases forwarded the personal information to the scammer behind the theft, opening the artist up to doxing and other harassment. Eventually, OpenSea disabled their contact form that had previously allowed artists to report stolen work.

Technical Details

Vendor / Product
OpenSea ignores stolen artwork reports

Timeline

  1. 2021-12-17 Breach occurred
  2. 2021-12-17 Publicly disclosed