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 […]
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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 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 […]
Ledger said on Wednesday that its e-commerce database was hacked in late June, compromising about one million email addresses. No user funds were affected by the breach. In a blog post, the French bitcoin hardware wallet company revealed that contact and order information for customers was also exposed. Ledger added that, for a subset of […]
Any cryptocurrency exchange is always subject to intrusion. Coincheck, a Japanese platform, found that out the hard way once again. Suffering from a data breach is never fun for a company. Coincheck may Have Been Breached Again This is especially true if said company controls user funds on a daily basis. For Coincheck, it seems as if a new intrusion has taken place. Some of the user information and emails may have been accessed, but all funds are accounted for. An official investigation by the company is still underway, thus exact details remain rather scarce for now. According to some 
Accidental loss and theft of laptops, mobile devices, and more serve the biggest physical threats to your data. 25% of laptops are stolen from the office or a car, 14% are lost in airports or on planes, but only 25% total are recovered. Although the chip card provides more security, financial security is still at risk of data theft. On average, the numbers from one stolen credit or debit card number sells for $5 on the dark web. Providing the accompanying bank routing and account numbers triple’s the sale value. Here’s how everything works. To obtain stolen data, scammers 
Most people will agree that data breaches have become all too common in recent years. It now appears OnePlus’ online store has fallen victim to a major breach recently. This marks the second security incident affecting customers shopping through the OnePlus online store in less than two years. Another bad day for OnePlus The first incident occurred in January of 2018. During that security breach, credit card details of tens of thousands of customers were stolen by culprits who have still not been identified today. The second data breach came about recently, according to the company. It is believed that 
In this day and age, there appear to be a few worrisome common trends. One of those trends comes in the form of technology companies and service providers getting hacked. One of the most recent victims of such an attack is NordVPN. The company confirmed the hack this week, although it seems unlikely any user information has been obtained. The internal investigation is still ongoing at this time. The NordVPN Hack For a little while now, there have been rumors as to how popular VPN service provider NordVPN might have been breached. The initial claims mentioned how the company’s expired 
There are a lot of interesting and worrisome developments going on in the technology sector these days. Flipboard, one of the more social mediums in 2019, has forced users to reset their passwords. A rather late decision, considering criminals had access to the company’s servers for multiple months. Flipboard Finally Makes the Right Call Operating and maintaining any social-oriented online platform is a major challenge in this day and age. Every company attempting to do so tends to hit a roadblock or fall victim to a major problem sooner or later. Twitter and Facebook have all weathered their respective storms, 
The South Korean Communications Commission has conducted a survey of major cryptocurrency exchanges in the country and found them to have insufficient customer data protection. Eight exchanges have been sanctioned, with 30 days to resolve their issues and safeguard their systems. Also read: Cryptocurrency Activities Will Be Legal and Tax Free in Belarus Starting in March […]