Cybersecurity firms are warning cryptocurrency investors after customer shipping databases from major hardware wallet manufacturers were compromised in third-party e-commerce breaches. The leaked records include customer names, physical home addresses, and purchase histories.
Armed with physical home addresses, extortionists have begun sending convincing fake replacement hardware wallets loaded with malicious firmware designed to extract seed phrases upon connection.
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Security experts strongly advise hardware wallet owners to use P.O. boxes for shipping and never insert unsolicited replacement devices into their computers.