A number of people on social media sites have been reporting receiving or knowing people who have received phishing emails, pretending to be from France-based major hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger and attempting to steal people’s crypto. Some have reportedly lost all bitcoin (BTC) held in their wallets.
As reported, Ledger announced this summer that it had suffered a data breach, with a “third party” accessing at least 1 million of its users’ contact details. Scammers seem to continue to utilize the gathered information for their own financial gains, alerting users of imminent danger to their crypto, directing them to a fake application, a Ledger clone, and attempting to get their seed phrase.
Hey @Ledger you need to keep sending phishing warnings to all of your customers!
People are losing their savings because of the hack!
Get in front of it, continually send out purposeful emails to your customers *just* about the hack!
Be a good steward! You need to do better. pic.twitter.com/AlNCMbIBST
— Brad Mills ✍️ (@bradmillscan) December 9, 2020
Our has contacted Ledger for comment.
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