Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
OpenSea
Hack or exploit on Feb 20, 2022 · Phishing
IN REVIEWSOURCES DISAGREE ON DATE OR LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$3M
sources: $2M to $3.4M
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#585
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
OpenSea users received phishing emails impersonating the platform and requesting wallet connection for a contract migration. Attackers tricked users into approving malicious transactions that transferred NFTs to attacker-controlled wallets. The attack stole approximately 640 ETH worth of NFTs from 28 wallets.
In review: sources disagree on the loss.
Details
- Date
- Feb 20, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Phishing
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- NFTfi
- Chains
- Ethereum
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "OpenSea hack, Feb 20, 2022: $3M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htdd6b6827d7/ (data as of 2026-10-31).