Magic Eden users' NFT tokens replaced with porn footage

NFT marketplace Magic Eden has fallen victim to a cyberattack. The crypto company shared the details on Twitter: «Our image provider, a third-party service we use for caching, has been compromised. Your NFTs are safe, Magic Eden has not been hacked. Unfortunately, you may have seen some unpleasant images. Please make sure to refresh your browser to fix this.»

Hey guys our image provider, a 3rd party service we use to cache images, has been compromised. Your NFTs are safe and Magic Eden has not been hacked. Unfortunately you might’ve seen some um, unsavory images. Make sure you do a hard refresh on your browser to fix it.

— Magic Eden? (@MagicEden) January 3, 2023

Previously, users of the marketplace complained that their digital tokens displayed third-party multimedia, including erotic content and footage from the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

Can someone explain why when I load «my items» on @MagicEden, it briefly shows a bunch of big bang theory JPEGS for a sec? lmao? wtf? pic.twitter.com/cZppdVDYis

— ?PhantomPower.Sol ⚒️ (@phantompower23) January 3, 2023

It is currently unknown who is behind the attack. For security reasons, Magic Eden does not name the provider. By the way, after clearing the browser cache, the user sees their own NFTs and the problem no longer occurs.

It is worth reminding that Magic Eden even planned to collaborate with Twitter — in late October, the company announced that it would allow users of the social network to buy, sell, and display NFTs directly through tweets. The integration, called NFT Tweet Tiles, was supposed to show an illustration of NFTs on a special panel in a tweet and contain a button that would take users to a marketplace that sells the token.