A Reddit user told a platform on Thursday that he had received a suspicious package from the French start-up Ledger.
The specialist in physical wallets intended to store cryptocurrency has indeed offered the Internet user one of the products of its range, accompanied by a letter.
The latter took the logo of the company and seemed to be signed by its CEO Pascal Gauthier, as noted by
Capital
.
The letter explained that following a leak of personal data relating to Ledger's customers in June 2020, the security of the old wallet was no longer guaranteed.
The manager therefore asked the recipient to replace his old box with the new object attached to the letter.
The packaging of the device was also similar to that used by the French manufacturer.
It was, however, a trap.
Ledger warned its users
The physical wallet was designed and sent by hackers hoping to remotely steal cryptocurrency that a user would deposit into it. Ledger reacted immediately and alerted this Thursday to the existence of "ongoing phishing campaigns". On its website, the company referred to "a fake letter and a doctored Ledger physical wallet." It is wrapped in plastic as if it had never been opened ”.
Ledger denounced "a scam" since "a USB implant was connected to the printed circuits".
This mini hard drive contains a fake Ledger app.
The notice written by the hackers asks the user to plug the wallet into his computer and enter the 24 words that constitute the security key to initialize his new device.
With these passwords, cybercriminals are then likely to steal the contents of the wallet.
The start-up reminded its customers that it would never ask them to communicate the 24 words of security and that the only reliable source for downloading the Ledger app was the official company page.
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