How Bitcoin And Crypto Exchange KYC Could Be The Next Ledger Leak
A leak of crypto cold storage wallet manufacturer Ledger’s customer database has put over a quarter of a million Bitcoin and altcoin investors at serious risk. Some have had accounts drained, while others have experienced extreme threats of harm directed to their families and homes. The situation sheds a light on a serious issue plaguing […]
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Just recently, the hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has been dealing with a lot of criticism for the e-commerce customer data leak that took place last June. The data contained the emails of a million Ledger wallet customers, and thousands of clients had additional information leaked like phone numbers and residential addresses. Reports now detail that the hackers have dumped the Ledger leak data on the sharing marketplace Raidforums for free. Hackers Dump Ledger Wallet E-Commerce Customer Data on Raidforums One of the most topical conversations in the cryptocurrency space in the last....
This week, a leak related to a Bitcoin cold storage wallet manufacturer’s customer database was escalated when a hacker exposed its true severity. Instead of the initial over 9000 customers Ledger claimed were affected, there were actually 270,000 individuals that had their name, address, phone number, and more made public. Each passing day, the impact of the leak begins to spread and show just how scary things could get for innocent victims. In a Reddit […]
Among the first advice crypto investors are given when buying Bitcoin or altcoins, is to immediately get a hardware wallet and move any newly bought coins to cold storage for safe-keeping. But unfortunately for the crypto community and the potential safety of their digital assets, top hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has suffered a critical customer database leak, exposing the personal details and even addresses of a couple hundred thousand users. Here’s how to find out […]
Just recently, reports of the Ledger customer database breach being dumped on Raidforums for free has become a viral story among cryptocurrency proponents. Now customers are threatening to take legal action against the hardware wallet manufacturer, and one customer has complained of getting an email threatening him with a home invasion. The Ledger wallet customer database leak has caused a lot of anger toward the hardware wallet manufacturer from France. On December 20, 2020, the hackers dumped Ledger’s e-commerce customer database on a well known hacker forum. The dump contained the....
The cryptocurrency hardware wallet firm Ledger was hacked last June and over a million emails were exposed, according to reports from the company at the time. Months later, the hackers who obtained the Ledger data emailed clients, sent texts to customers, and created phishing links for users to enter their seeds. One customer allegedly lost $50k and during the last week, the company has been getting inundated with complaints on social media. Last Summer’s Ledger Wallet Data Breach Leads to Phishing Scams The Ledger hackers who obtained roughly a million customer emails and possibly....