Lego Group's homepage hacked to post cryptocurrency scam, now deleted

BlockBeats reported that on October 6, toy manufacturer Lego Group has deleted the "Lego Coin" token scam that briefly appeared on its homepage after being hacked on October 5. The "Lego Coin" token appeared on the toy manufacturer's homepage for about 75 minutes and was subsequently deleted.

Lego reportedly told consumer technology product platform Engadget that the cryptocurrency scam only appeared "briefly" on its homepage and no user accounts were compromised: "The problem has been resolved. No user accounts have been compromised and customers can shop as usual." "The cause has been identified and we are taking steps to prevent such incidents from happening again."