Cryptocurrency

"French Surgeon Tries To Sell Bataclan Victim X-ray As Digital Artwork"

2022-01-22 [vendor] Bataclan attack victim NFT [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

French surgeon Emmanuel Masmejean minted an NFT of an x-ray image of a bullet embedded in the fractured forearm of a person who was shot in the November 2015 Paris Bataclan attack. The NFT, which was listed on OpenSea for a starting price of around $2,800, was created without the consent of the victim. The doctor quickly took down the listing after it was noticed by media, and the head of Paris’s public hospital system announced that the doctor would be facing criminal and professional complaints.

Technical Details

Vendor / Product
Bataclan attack victim NFT

Timeline

  1. 2022-01-22 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-01-22 Publicly disclosed