{"id":39031,"date":"2021-03-16T17:52:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=39031"},"modified":"2025-08-30T07:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T04:37:27","slug":"nifty-gateway-users-report-nft-theft-marketplace-denies-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/nifty-gateway-users-report-nft-theft-marketplace-denies-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Nifty Gateway users report NFT theft; marketplace denies attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Users of the Nifty Gateway marketplace reported NFT theft. Company representatives confirmed that some accounts were compromised.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">2\/4<\/p>\n<p>Our analysis is ongoing, but our initial assessment indicates that the impact was limited, none of the impacted accounts had 2FA enabled, and access was obtained via valid account credentials.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nifty Gateway (@niftygateway) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niftygateway\/status\/1371479364324429831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><br \/>The marketplace noted that affected users had not enabled two-factor authentication (2FA) and urged everyone to enable it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe have not observed signs of a platform compromise. Our team is in touch with a small number of affected users. We continue to analyse what happened,\u201d said Nifty Gateway.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One user, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelmiraflor\/status\/1371199359996456960\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">\u0441\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0438\u0432\u0448\u0438\u0439<\/a> about the $10,000 NFT theft, closed his Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>Another affected user <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeyboardMonkey3\/status\/1371347900748460034\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b<\/a> that hackers hijacked assets worth $150,000 and used the account-linked credit card to purchase $20,000 worth of tokens.<\/p>\n<p>Later, he said that Nifty Gateway resolved the issue and returned all stolen assets. He also confirmed that he had not enabled 2FA in his account settings.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">I\u2019ve learned that you obviously need 2FA on every account. This seems obvious, but I was lazy in one moment and got punished for it. I\u2019m so thankful and pleased to say that <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niftygateway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@niftygateway<\/a> was able to resolve this issue and completely restored 100% of the stolen art! \ud83d\udc4f \ud83d\ude04 \ud83e\udd72<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keyboard Monkey (@KeyboardMonkey3) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeyboardMonkey3\/status\/1371629809265164288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><br \/>Earlier, former DC Comics artist Jose Delbo <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/former-dc-comics-artist-sells-wonder-woman-nft-for-1-85-million\">earned $1.85m<\/a> from selling an NFT featuring Wonder Woman. The publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dc-comics-tells-its-artists-to-refrain-from-selling-nfts\">urged<\/a> to stop selling non-fungible tokens due to IP infringement.<\/p>\n<p>In March, an NFT copy of Banksy&apos;s burned painting titled <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/nft-copy-of-burned-banksy-painting-sells-for-228-eth\">\u201cMorons\u201d<\/a> went to auction for 228.69 ETH. Christie\u2019s sold Beeple\u2019s Everydays: The First 5000 Days for a record <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/beeples-nft-sells-at-christies-for-69-3-million\">$69.3m<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"c2bYrjNq0k\\\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-nfts\">What is an NFT?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" sandbox=\\\"allow-scripts\\\" security=\\\"restricted\\\" style=\\\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\\\" title=\\\"\u00abWhat is NFT?\u00bb \u2014 ForkLog\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/cryptorium\/chto-takoe-nft\/embed#?secret=LGC4rNuFo7#?secret=c2bYrjNq0k\\\" data-secret=\\\"c2bYrjNq0k\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"282\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" marginwidth=\\\"0\\\" marginheight=\\\"0\\\" scrolling=\\\"no\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Tesla chief Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-lists-nft-of-nft-song-for-sale\">released a techno track about NFTs<\/a> and said he had put it up for sale. Following the tweet about the news, Valuables saw bids surpassing $1.1m.<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, billionaire Mark Cuban <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/mark-cuban-lists-his-quote-as-an-nft\">put up for sale<\/a> one of his motivational quotes in NFT form.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog News on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Users of the Nifty Gateway marketplace reported NFT theft. 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