Crypto hardware wallet company Trezor has confirmed that some of its users were the target of a phishing attack over the weekend. Trezor tweeted that it was investigating “a potential data breach of an opt-in newsletter hosted on MailChimp” and warned users to avoid opening emails from “[email protected]”.
“We will not be communicating by newsletter until the situation is resolved,” Trezor advised in a later post. “Do not open any emails appearing to come from Trezor until further notice. Please ensure you are using anonymous email addresses for bitcoin-related activity.”
Fake Security Breach Used as Bait
Trezor users shared warnings and screenshots of the phishing attempt from April 2, some noting it was a bare-faced ruse to induce users to download malicious code under the guise of Trezor’s Suite desktop app by alleging a fake security breach at the company:
A Trezor Good News Story
In a rare good news story associated with a similar incident in January, a hacker using the handle ‘Kingpin’ was able to bail out a user who’d forgotten the PIN to his Trezor One hardware wallet.
Kingpin later posted a video demonstrating how he managed to retrieve the user’s PIN:
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