Ledger users lost 1.1 mln XRP due to phishing attacks

Ledger wallet users have lost more 1 150 000 XRP, Having become victims of scammers, conducting phishing attacks and losing people on a fake site.

According to XRP Forensics, Attackers send the owners of Ledger's wallets emails with reference to a fake The version of the site Ledger, in the name of which the letter "e" was replaced by a symbol, Similar to spelling. On this site, users were proposed to establish a malicious program, issued for updating the security system. After its installation, the theft of user assets was made.

Fraudsters moved the stolen XRP to the Bittrex cryptocurrency exchange with five transactions. However, the site was never able to seize these assets in a timely manner.

Ledger users also reported a phishing mailing from Team Ripple. People are invited to participate in the distribution of XRP cryptocurrencies as part of the "Program for Supporting Community". To do this, they need to get into “White list” and provide the Seeed-Fraz from the Ledger wallet or closed key. Having received these secret data, Fraudsters use them to steal coins.

Recall, that the manufacturer of Ledger's hardware wallets announced the hacking of his marketing database in July. This led to a million -in -law leakage of customer email addresses. Despite, that Ledger experts eliminated this vulnerability and track the emergence of possible violations, Hackers decided to use the information received for their own enrichment.

In March, the attackers managed to assign more 1.4 Milln XRP using the fraudulent expansion of Ledger Live for the Chrome browser. This expansion has nothing to do with the manufacturer of the Ledger hardware wallets.