Nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace Magic Eden had to assure users their NFTs âare safeâ after a spate of pornographic images littered its platform on Jan. 3.
In a Jan. 3 Twitter post the Solana-based NFT marketplace told its users it âhas not been hackedâ and the âunsavory imagesâ were the result of its third-party image hosting provider being âcompromised.â
According to Jan. 3 reports on Twitter from Magic Eden users, loading into a collectionâs page would sometimes temporarily flash a pornographic image in place of the NFT thumbnail.
Yo @MagicEden wtf is this pic.twitter.com/Xums9EZtm6
— Fede (@fedeonekenoby) January 3, 2023
Others reported seeing a still from the comedy television series The Big Bang Theory instead.
âAnyone else seeing the characters from the series Big Bang Theory very quickly while loading their items on Magic Eden? WTH did I just witnessâ @Yaboibeclownin tweeted.
Uhhhhhh https://t.co/VT2m8fBrPh pic.twitter.com/NEftIkywHu
— Clôwn (@Yaboibeclownin) January 3, 2023
Magic Eden advised users that doing a âhard refreshâ of oneâs browser will fix the issue.
A hard refresh typically involves clearing the browserâs cache and forcing it to reload the most recent version of the page.
Hey guys our image provider, a 3rd party service we use to cache images, was compromised. Your NFTs are safe and Magic Eden has not been hacked. Unfortunately you might’ve seen some um, unsavory images. Make sure you do a hard refresh on your browser to fix it.
— Magic Eden (@MagicEden) January 3, 2023
At the time of writing, the issue appears to have been rectified as the reported images have not appeared on the platform upon testing.
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According to DappRadar, Magic Eden is the largest Solana-based NFT marketplace and the third largest of all NFT marketplaces based on 30-day volumes of $74.65 million, below OpenSea and Blur.
