{"id":36823,"date":"2021-02-22T12:47:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T10:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=36823"},"modified":"2025-08-29T08:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:17:44","slug":"hacker-lists-purported-trezor-user-database-developers-suspect-it-is-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/hacker-lists-purported-trezor-user-database-developers-suspect-it-is-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacker lists purported Trezor user database; developers suspect it is fake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the exploit.in forum, a database purportedly containing information on 342,619 Trezor hardware-wallet users surfaced for sale. The initial asking price was 2 BTC.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Seller going by the handle Polaris claims the database contains names, email addresses, phone numbers and the listed physical residential addresses for February 2016 through June 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-125590\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-02-22-12.40.21-801x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\u0425\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0440 \u0432\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0436\u0443 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0435\u043c\u0443\u044e \u0431\u0430\u0437\u0443 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0439 Trezor. \u0420\u0430\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0447\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0437\u0440\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0444\u0435\u0439\u043a\" width=\"801\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-02-22-12.40.21-801x1024.jpg 801w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-02-22-12.40.21-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-02-22-12.40.21-768x982.jpg 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-02-22-12.40.21.jpg 1001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Representatives of Trezor said they are looking into the information. In their words, the sale listing is most likely fake.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hi, we are looking into it but most likely it\u2019s a fake.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trezor (@Trezor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trezor\/status\/1363776991095382019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In Forklog\u2019s comment, Satoshi Labs chief Pavol Rusnak said that no Trezor user data is for sale.\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?14\" data-telegram-post=\"forklog\/17699\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rusnak added that it is hard to say how valid the leak information is, since many Ledger users also bought Trezor.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2020, the same seller listed for sale a database of Ledger hardware-wallet users&#8217; personal information, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ledger-reports-data-breach-affecting-around-one-million-users\">stolen in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On December 21, 2020, 1 million emails, 272,000 home addresses and phone numbers of Ledger users were made publicly accessible <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ledger-data-leak-exposes-details-of-a-million-hardware-wallet-users\">through the Raidforums forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Ledger Nano wallet holders began to <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ledger-owners-report-chilling-threats-after-20k-more-records-leaked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">receive threats<\/a> from unknown attackers demanding a ransom of 0.3 BTC or 10 ETH.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Pascal Gotye <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ledger-ceo-rules-out-compensation-for-data-breach-victims\">ruled out the possibility of compensation<\/a> for those affected by the leak and questioned the credibility of the threats to users.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2021, Trezor developers warned Android users <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/trezor-discovers-malicious-wallet-in-google-play-thousands-have-downloaded-it\">about a fake app<\/a> Mobile Manager Wallet in the Google Play store.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the exploit.in forum, a database purportedly containing information on 342,619 Trezor hardware-wallet users appeared for sale. 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