Premint NFT hack and the post-mortem you shouldn’t miss out on

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The latest hack in the crypto space witnessed a heist of over $375k on the Premint NFT registration platform. The platform has since provided updates on the matter in the aftermath of the hacking.

The attacks on NFTs are becoming far more frequent.

Co-ordinated hacks are becoming a prominent theme in the crypto world. The infiltrator “manipulated a file” on Premint which presented the users with a malicious wallet connection. Later, the platform had to take down the site for security reasons.

Ironically, Brenden Mulligan, Founder of Premint NFT, released new security updates for the platforms on 8 July. In his tweet, he had said,

“Today we made a lot of great security updates to PREMINT as a continuing effort to keep collectors safe.”

The platform, however, suffered an attack late on 16 July by a malicious actor.

Thanks to the incredible web3 community spreading warnings, a relatively small number of users fell for this.

We took the site down early this morning to fix the issue. pic.twitter.com/Wq9FyRtIMl

— PREMINT | NFT Access List Tool (@PREMINT_NFT) July 17, 2022

The site was back up the following day after the attack. Additionally, the platform could flag four accounts in all that could be suspected of stealing from Premint.

In fact, Premint also introduced a new security feature after the hack. According to the new security update, users wouldn’t be needing wallets when logging back into Premint.

Once the Twitter and Discord accounts are connected to the wallets, users can log in easily afterward.

Cyber security expert Simona stated her opinion on user account safety in the aftermath of the