People visiting Lego’s website on the evening of October 4 were greeted with a banner depicting gold coins with the company’s logo on them, claiming that the “Lego Coin” was now officially available for sale. It even promised “secret prizes” to those who bought some. But Lego wasn’t really launching an official cryptocurrency coin, and that’s why Brick Fanbutton to buy led to a foreign cryptocurrency website selling “LEGO Tokens” with Ethereum. The website was apparently hijacked by bad actors who changed the banner and used it for some kind of crypto scam.
As users Lego subreddit It should be noted that the incident took place overnight at the headquarters of Lego. The company responded relatively quickly and removed the unauthorized banner and links. As of this writing, Lego Fortnite cooperation the banner is backed up and the “buy now” link takes you to the collection. Lego told Engadget that no user accounts were compromised and that it has determined the cause of the problem. He also said that he is taking measures to prevent similar incidents from happening again in the future. However, the company declined to share details about the “reason” or the measures it has taken.
We present the official statement of the company:
“An unauthorized banner briefly appeared on LEGO.com on October 5, 2024 (evening October 4, 2024). It was quickly removed and the issue resolved. No user accounts were compromised and customers can shop as usual. They can continue. The reason has been determined and we are taking measures to prevent this from happening again.”
