On Friday evening, Redditors on the LEGO subreddit noticed that the LEGO homepage had been changed and was offering LEGO crypto coins for sale. Clicking on the hacked page links brought users to a trading site where they could purchase the "LEGO" coins.

LEGOs homepage was briefly hijacked on October 5, displaying a fraudulent LEGO Coin token promoting secret rewards. The phishing scheme directed users to a malicious website, but LEGO quickly removed the scam,

Toy manufacturer LEGO Group removed a fraudulent 'LEGO Coin' token scam that briefly appeared on its website after a hack on October 5

Toy manufacturer LEGO Group has reportedly removed a "LEGO Coin" token scam that briefly appeared on its homepage after being hacked on Oct. 5, reports state. X user and LEGO enthusiast “ZTBricks” was among the first to spot the scam, which promised “secret rewards” to those who bought LEGO Coin, several screenshots on X show:

Visitors to Lego.com on the evening of October 4 found that the homepage had changed. A banner featuring golden coins with the Lego logo promised users the "Lego coin" was available. The Lego website hack was done by crypto scammers trying to convince users that the company had launched its branded cryptocurrency.

LEGO Coin first appeared on Lego's homepage late Friday night East Coast time before being removed roughly 75 minutes later.

The scam appeared as a banner on the website's homepage underneath a promotional advertisement of the LEGO Fortnite collaboration.

The scam was discovered by sharp-eyed LEGO fans from different time zones, who quickly noticed something was off. Fans took to social media platforms li