Lego’s web site was hacked to advertise a crypto rip-off

Individuals who visited Lego’s web site on the night of October 4 have been welcomed by a banner with illustrated golden cash bearing the corporate’s emblem, claiming that the “Lego coin” is now formally out. It even promised “secret rewards” to those that’d purchase some. However Lego wasn’t really launching an official cryptocurrency coin, and in accordance with The Brick Fan, the button to purchase led to an exterior cryptocurrency web site promoting “LEGO Tokens” with Ethereum. The web site was, seemingly, hijacked by dangerous actors who switched its banner and used it for some form of crypto rip-off.

As customers on the Lego subreddit have famous, the incident occurred in a single day for Lego’s headquarters. The corporate responded comparatively shortly, although, and eliminated the unauthorized banner and hyperlinks. As of this writing, the Lego Fortnite collaboration banner is again up, and the “purchase now” hyperlink results in the gathering. Lego informed Engadget that no consumer accounts have been compromised and that it has recognized the reason for the difficulty. It additionally mentioned that it was implementing measures to forestall something related from taking place once more sooner or later. Nevertheless, the corporate has declined to share particulars about that “trigger” or the measures it is implementing.

Here is the corporate’s official assertion: