Death Threats And Fake Emails: Ledger Users In Danger As Hackers Start Massive Attacks Following The Database Leak

The Sim Swap attacks have begun following Ledger’s database leak, now that hackers have all the personal information of at least 270,000 users. Now scammers are sending apology messages on Ledger’s behalf, tricking users into installing the “latest version”.

Hackers are sending malicious links into tricking users to “Download the latest version” with a convincing letter. One of Ledger’s user fell into the trap and reported losing $4,000 thanks to a modified metatask extension.

Below is a screenshot uploaded by a Twitter user who received the message from the hackers. People on Twitter are alarmed by how compelling and convincing the message is, despite a minor spell error at the end.

But the outrage is even greater since the affected users have reported that Ledger has not commented nor provided assistance of any kind on these messages.

A user from Reddit that goes by the name u/goldcakes reported receiving several death threats over his ledger:

At least 1 million users were exposed on Raidforum since the attacks on Ledger began. According to the staff, the attack only leaked the personal data of 9,000 users. The company downplayed the issue, saying it was “old data.”

Now it turns out that those 9,000 users became 270,000 people which have all their personal info in hands of cyber-thieves, and are exposed to these types of messages. Likewise, Ledger could be in serious trouble if affected users take legal action, which might start soon.