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BrickLink Back Online After November 3 Incident

After a few days of downtime, BrickLink is now back up and running with operations seemingly back to normal. As confirmed, they did get a ransom letter and from their investigations and they’ve been looking into some suspicious activity on the site since October. At this point, they suggested that it was a credential stuffing event in which cybercriminals use stolen usernames and passwords from another site to access BrickLink. As a result, you’ll have to change your passwords when you access the site and suggest not using the same ones as for other sites.

Welcome back and thank you for your patience. We were down for longer than anyone would have wanted. Now that we’re back up and running, we can share with you what’s happened.

As many of you will know, we received a threat and ransom demand on Friday, November 3rd. We’d been aware of and actively managing some limited suspicious activity since mid-October, with unauthorized sellers offering products at huge discounts and fraudulently accepting payment from buyers.

As soon as we were aware of the potential escalation on November 3rd, we put the site into maintenance mode out of an abundance of caution. We did this to protect our members and keep complete control of the platform while investigating.

We found that a relatively small number of BrickLink accounts may have been accessed. It is important to note that there is no evidence so far that our systems were compromised.

At this stage we believe this was a ‘credential stuffing’ incident, where

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LEGO Marvel Avengers Tower (76269) Signed Set Sweepstakes

In the Rewards Center, LEGO is giving you a chance to win a signed copy of the new LEGO Marvel Avengers Tower (76269). The set is signed by designers Mark Stafford and Justin Ramsden. If you’re not the winner, you’re also in the running for one of thirty $100 gift cards. The sweepstakes is free and it closes on November 29. The featured image is from the livestream and shown off is the exact box that you are entering for.

LEGO Ideas Tesla Center Achieves 10,000 Supporters

The Tesla Center by Airbricks95 is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build is based on the Tesla service centers and includes some superchargers in the front of the building. It also includes four Tesla vehicles such as the Model Y, two Model S, and the Cybertruck.

The project joins Modular Heritage Museum, Great Temple of Abu Simbel – With Secret Treasure, Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 “Phantom of Love”, Moon Palace, NASA’s SLS Block 1 & 1B Rockets – Artemis Missions, LEGO Anatomy, WTC Twin Towers & Vista International Hotel 1979, Coraline: The Pink Palace, Good Ogel’s Garden, Happier Than Ever, City Burger, Phineas and Ferb!, JWST, Harry Styles Love on Tour 2023, LEGO Microscope, and Sequoia Tree as the ones to reach the Third 2023 Review Stage.

LEGO Marvel Avengers Tower (76269) Officially Announced

LEGO has officially revealed the largest LEGO Marvel set produced with the Avengers Tower (76269). Releasing during Black Friday weekend on November 24, the set has 5,201 pieces and retails for $499.99. The set features the Avengers Tower with many scenes throughout the Infinity Saga. In addition to be the largest Marvel set, it also has the most minifigures for the theme with 31 including one for Marvel Studios President, Kevin Feige.

Since this is the Black Friday set,LEGO Insiders members November 24-27 will receive a free LEGO Marvel Taxi set which includes an iconic New York yellow taxi and four minifigures including Black Panther, a taxi driver, and two outriders when they purchase the LEGO Marvel Avengers Tower. We don’t have images of that set yet but we should see it soon.

UNLEASH YOUR INNER SUPERHEROWITH THE NEW LEGO® MARVEL AVENGERS TOWER SET

The LEGO Group today announces its biggest set within the LEGO® Marvel collection to date – the new iconic LEGO Marvel Avengers Tower set.

In 1963, Earth’s Mightiest Super Heroes assembled for the first time in the pages of the debut issue of The Avengers comic book. Now, 60 years later, Marvel fans can celebrate this milestone anniversary and experience the thrill of assembling their own epic Avengers Tower in LEGO brick form.

This 5,201-piece set stands as the tallest LEGO brick-built skyscraper ever made. It also includes 31 LEGO figures, the most ever included in one LEGO set, including all the iconic characters fromInfinity Saga, as well as a Leviathan,

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More LEGO Friends, Minecraft, Super Mario 2024 Sets Revealed

Just when we thought we were done with the LEGO 2024 early reveals so far, Finnish retailer Verkkokauppa has revealed a couple of more sets for the LEGO Friends, Minecraft, and Super Mario themes. In some of the listings that LEGO has already officially revealed, there are some other sets in the wave in the additional images.


Friends

• Mini Boutique (42608)
• Vintage Fashion Store (42614)
• Olly and Paisley’s Family Home (42620)
• Heartlake City Hospital (42621)
• 42639


Minecraft

• Steve’s Desert Expedition (21251)
• The Turtle Beach House (21254)
• The Nether Portal Ambush (21255)
• The Frog House (21256)
• Showdown with the Devourer (21357)


Super Mario

• Yoshis with a Tree (71428)
• Bowser’s Car (71431)

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