Trezor Data Breach Expands to Affect Additional 67,000 US Customers
- A data breach at Trezor has impacted an additional 67,000 US customers, increasing the total number of affected individuals.
- The breach exposed personal details including name, email, phone number, shipping address, and order specifics from orders placed between November 2019 and August 2021.
- Trezor attributed the breach to its shipping provider, ShipMonk, which failed to delete sensitive data despite prior assurances.
- Phishing attacks leveraging this information could threaten users’ digital asset holdings by impersonating Trezor.
- In Q1 of this year, phishing scams accounted for $306 million in losses within the crypto industry.
This breach highlights vulnerabilities in third-party services related to Hardware Wallet providers and raises concerns about user security amidst rising phishing threats in the cryptocurrency space.
With the total affected now at over 67,000 users, Trezor’s incident underscores the significant risks posed by data breaches and their potential financial impact on users. (Source)
