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Ledger Warns Against New YouTube Phishing Scams

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Updated by Kyle Baird
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Ledger, the company behind popular cryptocurrency hardware wallets like the Nano S and the Nano X, has revealed that users are facing phishing attacks that are originating from hacked YouTube accounts. The company urged users not to share their 24-word seed phrases.
Ledger has revealed that it is facing a phishing attack that is stemming from hacked YouTube accounts. Several videos have been posted under the channel names ‘Ledger’ and ‘Ledger Nano,’ urging users to sign up for a compromised web wallet that promises them free funds. The official statement provides additional words of caution, saying that “Ledger users are continuously targeted by phishing attacks on social media, search engines and via email.” Hardware wallets are considered to be one of the most secure methods of storing funds and are recommended for anyone holding cryptocurrencies. These wallets require physical keypresses on the device to complete transactions, but this does not seem to have stopped thieves from attempting to lure unsuspecting investors.

Phishing Still One of the Most Common Techniques

Phishing is by far one of the most popular ways attackers steal funds. Unfortunately, many are still uninformed and continue to provide sensitive information to compromised websites, under the impression that they will receive airdrops or free funds. phishing Anti-virus and cybersecurity firm Kaspersky reported at the peak of the market’s capitalization that phishing attacks are prevalent, and described how users could prevent falling for increasingly believable phishing attempts. On Ledger’s part, it has asked users to install the MetaMask browser extension, which warns users when they are visiting a website that has been reported as a phishing trap.

2019 Saw a Reduction in Total Funds Stolen

Earlier this month, BeInCrypto reported that exchange hacks in 2019 had increased but the amounts stolen had reduced considerably. The total stolen in 2019 was roughly $283 million, which is a drastic drop from the $875 million stolen in 2018. Although malicious attacks have grown both in number and sophistication, phishing attacks still remain to be one of the simplest to pull off. The total amount of funds stolen in 2019 totaled roughly $283 million — a drastic drop from the $875 million stolen in 2018. In response, cryptocurrency exchanges have poured additional resources into securing funds, and have been urged to continue to do so by cryptocurrency data firm Chainalysis in its 2020 Cyber Crime Report.
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Rahul Nambiampurath
Rahul Nambiampurath's cryptocurrency journey first began in 2014 when he stumbled upon Satoshi's Bitcoin whitepaper. With a bachelor's degree in Commerce and an MBA in Finance from Sikkim Manipal University, he was among the few that first recognized the sheer untapped potential of decentralized technologies. Since then, he has helped DeFi platforms like Balancer and Sidus Heroes — a web3 metaverse — as well as CEXs like Bitso (Mexico's biggest) and Overbit to reach new heights with his...
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