Hardware wallets are among the most important safe wallets that are recommended for storing cryptocurrencies, especially for long-term investors.

But some allegations and threats emerged that threaten these fortified wallets, as an information security company tweeted screenshots of a hacker selling stolen data of users of “Ledger”, “Trezor” and “KeepKey” wallets, and investigations are still ongoing.

The hacker is reportedly selling stolen data from three popular hardware wallets (Ledger, Trezor and KeepKey), prompting the aforementioned companies overseeing the wallets to open an investigation into the allegation.

The information security company “under the rag” He posted the allegations on Twitter yesterday:

Ethereum forum hacker is now selling databases @security And the @Arbitrage.

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The hacker also claims to own the complete SQL database of the popular investment site Tweet embed. pic.twitter.com/4M3f2bQKvB

Underthebreach May 24, 2020

Security firm Under The Breach added that the data breach was due to an exploit on e-commerce site Shopify.

E-commerce giant Shopify supports cryptocurrency payments

Screenshots with the names, addresses, phone numbers and emails of users of hardware wallets have been posted and offered for sale.

But the passwords are not included.

Candice Sue, Director of Communications at Shopify to source By saying:

We investigated these claims and found no evidence to substantiate them, nor evidence of any disclaimer from Shopify’s systems.

While the hacker, who was responsible for hacking the Ethereum forum in 2016, agreed to the veracity of the published claims.

Screenshots posted by “Under The Breach” show that the hacker also claims to have an entire SQL database for the investment platform.Bentoda Future“.

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Agency “Under The Breach” said that she contacted “BnkToTheFuture” but could not get them to take it seriously.

But two other companies took the allegations seriously.

There are rumors circulating that our online database has been hacked by a Shopify exploit. Our store does not use Shopify, but we are nonetheless investigating the situation. We also routinely remove outdated customer records from the database to reduce the potential impact.

Trezor May 24, 2020

Trezor stated on Twitter that its store does not use Shopify, which makes a Shopify-related hack impossible. The company explained:

However we are investigating the situation, we have also been routinely checking old customer records from the database to minimize potential impact.

Rumors pretend that our Shopify database has been hacked through a Shopify exploit. Our e-commerce team is currently verifying these claims by analyzing the so-called hacked db, and so far it doesn’t match the real db. We are continuing our investigations and are taking the matter seriously.

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– Ledger (@ledger) May 24, 2020

Ledger said it was taking the matter seriously.

ShapeShift, the company that owns KeepKey, has not commented on the allegations at the time of this article’s publication.

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