data breach

Message by LEDGER’s CEO – Update on the July data breach. Despite the leak, your crypto assets are safe.

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Time Stamp: December 21, 2020 12:49 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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12/21/2020 | Blog posts, Security Dear Ledger clients, As you know, Ledger was targeted by a cyberattack that led to a data breach in July 2020. Yesterday, we were informed about the dump of the content of a Ledger customer database on Raidforum. We believe this to be the contents of our e-commerce database from June 2020. At the time of the incident, in July, we engaged an external security organisation to conduct a forensic review of the logs available. This review of the logs enabled us to confirm that

Our communications about the data breach and the phishing attempts

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Time Stamp: December 21, 2020 10:30 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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12/21/2020 | Blog posts, Security Since we discovered the data breach in July we have been as open and transparent as possible and proactive in our communications to our customers. We sent an email to our whole database, approximately 1M people on July 29th, yet only 40% opened this security notice. The same day we communicated openly and proactively to the media: The Block, Decrypt, Capital…  on social media (Twitter, Reddit and Facebook).  This data breach led to aggressive phishing attacks against our clients. We communicated heavily about it. First,

Massive Ledger Data Leak Increases SIM Swapping Threat

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Time Stamp: December 21, 2020 2:10 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has suffered another massive data breach for the second time this year. The exposure of thousands of clients’ personal information has increased the threat of SIM swapping as an attack vector. For the second time this year, personal data from Ledger wallet buyers has been dumped online. The leak was posted by several members of the crypto community who found files allegedly containing the ‘full database’ of Ledger customers containing emails, phone numbers, and even physical addresses. Ledger Data Leaked (Again) Ledger played down the data