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Ledger

20 Dec 2020 · National · Finance & Insurance
Data Leak / Misconfiguration HIGH ✓ Verified

What happened

Following an earlier API breach, a threat actor published Ledger's complete marketing database on a hacker forum. The massive dump contained real names, physical shipping addresses, and mobile numbers of hardware wallet owners, triggering a massive wave of targeted physical and digital extortion campaigns against Australian crypto holders.

Incident details

Organisation
Ledger
Date
20 Dec 2020
Attack type
Data Leak / Misconfiguration
Severity
HIGH
Sector
Finance & Insurance
State
National
Records affected
270000
Threat actor
Unknown

Source

techradar.com ↗
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