OpenSea, a globally renowned marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has fallen victim to a security breach, resulting in the compromise of sensitive user information.
The company officially confirmed this breach via notification emails dispatched to the affected parties, disclosing that one of its third-party vendors had encountered a security incident, potentially exposing data linked to users’ OpenSea API keys.
The notification provided reassurance, stating, “We do not anticipate any immediate disruption to your integration with our platform. Nevertheless, your API key could be utilized by external parties, affecting its assigned rate limit.”