Scammers mail out fake hardware wallets to victims of Ledger data breach
Ledger customers have reported receiving fake replacement devices in the mail, designed to phish private security information. The consequences of Ledger's major data breach continue to be felt almost a year later. One contributor to the r/ledgerwallet forum on Reddit, writing under the tag “u/jjrand” and self-identified as one of those affected by the breach, has posted images of what appears to be a fake Ledger Nano X wallet received in the mail.Wrapped in seemingly authentic packaging, the device nonetheless included several tell-tale signs that sparked the contributor's suspicion. Most....
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A new attack vector following the Ledger data breach of July 2020 involves sending convincing but fake hardware wallets to victims.
Ledger customers are receiving fake wallets by mail to steal their cryptocurrency. A user in Reddit reported receiving a suspicious package that claimed to be mailed by Ledger. The package included a letter stating the user needed to substitute the current wallet for safety reasons. Ledger has been the source of several leaks of information of customer data. Criminals are presumably using this information to organize these schemes. Scammers Are Mailing Fake Wallets to Ledger Customers Scammers are reportedly mailing fake hardware wallets to Ledger customers to steal their private seeds.....
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Scammers are now mailing hacked ledger devices to Ledger users in a bid to steal crypto from unsuspecting users. An alarmed user made a post on Reddit that they had gotten a Ledger device that they hadn’t purchased. In the package was a poorly worded letter riddled with grammatical errors that explained that due to […]