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Lego’s site was hacked to promote fake crypto.

An X post spotted by The Brick Fan flagged to the company yesterday that its online shop was displaying a “LEGO Coin” cryptocurrency banner.

Naturally, there is no such thing; Lego tells Engadget that the situation was quickly resolved and no user data was compromised.

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