Report: Hackers stole thousands of dollars worth of digital art from users on NFT platform


To secure accounts on online services, users are encouraged to enable 2FA and not reuse passwords. — 123rf.com

Users on social media claimed that their accounts on a website have been breached with hackers stealing NFTs or digital artwork worth thousands of dollars, according to a report by The Verge.

In a statement on Twitter, NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway confirmed that a small number of users appear to have been impacted by an “account takeover” but said there was no evidence to suggest that its platform has been breached by hackers.

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