There was a short but worrying security breach on LEGO’s main website, which let a fake ad for a cryptocurrency called “LEGO Coin” show up on the home page. The event happened on October 5, 2024, and lasted for about 75 minutes before the harmful material was quickly taken down.
Someone who was aware of the scam, which falsely promised “secret rewards” to people who bought the fake LEGO Coin, shared pictures of the sketchy ad. When people clicked on the “Buy Now” button in the ad, they were taken to a scam site that was meant to steal their personal information.
Hey @LEGO_Group someone popped your site and changed the main page! It directs to a crypto site to an account that is almost definitely not you guys! pic.twitter.com/JrG31zcpYX
— ZTBricks (@ztbricks) October 5, 2024
Even though it was only there for a short time, LEGO quickly took down the fake material. Customers can be sure that the company has fixed the problem and that no accounts have been hacked. The breach has been controlled, and LEGO is taking new steps to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Even though this hack was only temporary, it has made people wonder how safe the websites of even the most famous brands really are. Cybercriminals are going after big businesses more and more. In this case, a coin scam was aimed at LEGO’s image. Even though the company responded quickly, the event shows how hackers are always a threat in this digital world.
The specifics of how the breach happened have not been made public yet, but LEGO has promised its users that shopping on its site is safe. It’s good that the scam was taken down quickly and that the company responded quickly, but it also shows that companies need to keep improving their online security.
This is not the first time LEGO has worked with material about cryptocurrencies. In 2021, the company gave a short hint that it might look into NFTs, but it hasn’t done anything in the crypto area since then. Instead, LEGO has focused on investing in the metaverse. For example, it has already put money into video game producer Epic Games to expand its virtual products.
As online scams get smarter, events like this show how important it is for all online businesses, no matter how long they’ve been around, to have strong protection.
