The official Discord of Ledger Cold Wallet has been hacked! CZ reminds: the community is the weakest link in encryption companies.

Ledger's Discord administrator account was hacked, setting up a scam to try to ask users for private keys. (Synopsis: Ledger founder kidnapped for 48 hours, David Balland and his wife rescued!) 10 suspects arrested, encrypted ransom frozen) (Background supplement: Solana protocol Loopscale hacked "loss of $5.8 million", official: efforts are being made to recover ) The Discord server of hardware wallet brand Ledger was hacked on the 12th, and Ledger executives confirmed that hackers issued false security vulnerability warnings after obtaining administrator privileges, tricking users into going to phishing websites to enter 24-word recovery words (seed phrases), Attempts to steal user assets. The incident quickly fermented in the community, and Binance founder CZ (Changpeng Zhao) immediately posted a post reminding users to protect the security of private keys and revealing the details of the scam. According to CZ's post, hackers compromised a Ledger Discord administrator account and then posted a fake message claiming that the Ledger system had a security vulnerability that could lead to the leakage of users' shipping data, 24-word recovery words and transaction data. The post also included a link to a phishing website (fakeverify-ledger.appchanged) asking users to "verify" the recovery word in an attempt to scam the private key. CZ highlights two bloody lessons: First, never hand over your private key recovery word, no matter who asks for it. Second, cryptocurrency companies' social media accounts are often the weakest link in security and are easy targets for hackers. Just got this security warning. Ledger's Discord admin account was hacked. The scammer falsely claimed a security flaw and urged users to enter their recovery phrases on a phishing site. Lessons: 1. Never give up your private key recovery phrases no matter who is doing the... — CZ BNB (@cz_binance) May 12, 2025 Quintin, official spokesperson for Ledger Boatwright revealed that hackers used the account of an outsourced administrator to launch the attack and spread phishing links through bots. While the problem was quickly brought under control, some users responded that hackers abused administrator privileges to silence or block members who tried to report in an attempt to delay official learning. There are constantly social accounts of crypto companies and projects being stolen, or the old saying, things on the community cannot be believed at a glance, especially when it comes to private keys and token transfers, you must be careful. Related reports CoinTrust Exchange announced a compensation plan for users with delayed deposits and withdrawals: fee reduction, free BitoPro cold wallet Attention cold wallet users! ESP32 chip vulnerability "can steal Bitcoin private key" How to check whether the device is at risk? U.S. Department of Justice 'Dismantles Cryptocurrency Law Enforcement': Will Reduce Prosecutions for Exchanges, Mixers and Cold Wallet Cases: 〈Ledger cold wallet official Discord hacked! CZ Reminder: Community is the weakest link of crypto companies" This article was first published in BlockTempo's "Dynamic Trend - The Most Influential Blockchain News Media".