Nftnews Today ‘WTH did I just witness?' Magic Eden turns porno after hosting service hacked
Nonfungible token (NFT) market Magic Eden needed to guarantee customers their NFTs “are secure” after a spate of pornographic photos littered its platform on Jan. 3.
In a Jan. 3 Twitter publish the Solana-based NFT market informed its customers it “has not been hacked” and the “unsavory photos” have been the results of its third-party picture internet hosting supplier being “compromised.”
In keeping with Jan. 3 experiences on Twitter from Magic Eden customers, loading into a set’s web page would generally briefly flash a pornographic picture instead of the NFT thumbnail.
Yo @MagicEden wtf is that this pic.twitter.com/Xums9EZtm6
— Fede (@fedeonekenoby) January 3, 2023
Others reported seeing a nonetheless from the comedy tv collection The Large Bang Principle as a substitute.
“Anybody else seeing the characters from the collection Large Bang Principle in a short time whereas loading their gadgets on Magic Eden? WTH did I simply witness” @Yaboibeclownin tweeted.
Uhhhhhh https://t.co/VT2m8fBrPh pic.twitter.com/NEftIkywHu
— Clôwn (@Yaboibeclownin) January 3, 2023
Magic Eden suggested customers that doing a “laborious refresh” of 1’s browser will repair the problem.
A tough refresh sometimes entails clearing the browser’s cache and forcing it to reload the newest model of the web page.
Hey guys our picture supplier, a third social gathering service we use to cache photos, was compromised. Your NFTs are secure and Magic Eden has not been hacked. Sadly you would possibly’ve seen some um, unsavory photos. Be sure you do a tough refresh in your browser to repair it.
— Magic Eden (@MagicEden) January 3, 2023
On the time of writing, the problem seems to have been rectified because the reported photos haven’t appeared on the platform upon testing.
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According to DappRadar, Magic Eden is the most important Solana-based NFT marketplace and the third largest of all NFT marketplaces based mostly on 30-day volumes of $74.65 million, under OpenSea and Blur.
