Ledger data breach: 1.1M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-12-20
In June 2020, the hardware crypto wallet manufacturer Ledger suffered a data breach that exposed over 1 million email addresses. The data was initially sold before being dumped publicly in December 2020 and included names, physical addresses and phone numbers. The data was provided to HIBP by Alon Gal, CTO of cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock. Exposed data: email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Jun 25, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 20, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a Ledger account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
Sources
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