‘WTH did I just witness?' Magic Eden turns porno after hosting service hacked

Nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace Magic Eden had to guarantee users their NFTs “are safe” aft a spate of pornographic images littered its level connected Jan. 3.

In a Jan. 3 Twitter station the Solana-based NFT marketplace told its users it “has not been hacked” and the “unsavory images” were the effect of its third-party representation hosting supplier being “compromised.”

According to Jan. 3 reports connected Twitter from Magic Eden users, loading into a collection’s leafage would sometimes temporarily flash a pornographic representation successful spot of the NFT thumbnail.

Yo @MagicEden wtf is this pic.twitter.com/Xums9EZtm6

Others reported seeing a inactive from the drama tv bid The Big Bang Theory instead.

“Anyone other seeing the characters from the bid Big Bang Theory precise rapidly portion loading their items connected Magic Eden? WTH did I conscionable witness” @Yaboibeclownin tweeted.

Uhhhhhh https://t.co/VT2m8fBrPh pic.twitter.com/NEftIkywHu

Magic Eden advised users that doing a “hard refresh” of one’s browser volition hole the issue.

A hard refresh typically involves clearing the browser’s cache and forcing it to reload the astir caller mentation of the page.

Hey guys our representation provider, a 3rd enactment work we usage to cache images, was compromised. Your NFTs are harmless and Magic Eden has not been hacked. Unfortunately you might've seen immoderate um, unsavory images. Make definite you bash a hard refresh connected your browser to hole it.

At the clip of writing, the contented appears to person been rectified arsenic the reported images person not appeared connected the level upon testing.

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According to DappRadar, Magic Eden is the largest Solana-based NFT marketplace and the 3rd largest of each NFT marketplaces based connected 30-day volumes of $74.65 million, beneath OpenSea and Blur.