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Ledger replacement device hack

2021-06-23 18:18:37.799632+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Oh, this is brilliant: Crypto users bought some sort of weird-ass hardware key because putting your private keys on a proprietary device with unknown reliability or backup processes is always a good ideal. Vendor of said device got hacked. Hackers take advantage of this to send Trojan "replacements". Criminals are mailing altered Ledger devices to steal cryptocurrency

"For this reason for security purposes, we have sent you a new device you must switch to a new device to stay safe. There is a manual inside your new box you can read that to learn how to set up your new device," read the fake letter from Ledger.

"For this reason, we have changed our device structure. We now guarantee that this kinda breach will never happen again."

Well, yeah, that kinda breach isn't gonna happen again... 😂

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