{"id":23874,"date":"2025-05-12T11:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ledger-regains-control-of-discord-channel-following-hacker-attack\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:29:13","slug":"ledger-regains-control-of-discord-channel-following-hacker-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ledger-regains-control-of-discord-channel-following-hacker-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Ledger Regains Control of Discord Channel Following Hacker Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/channels\/885256081289379850\/1013722250857435157\/1370980446036299816\">has regained<\/a> control of its Discord server after it was targeted by hackers.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on May 10, when a hacker compromised a moderator&#8217;s account and distributed phishing links.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I think the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ledger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ledger<\/a> Discord has been hacked and there is an announcement asking you to connect your wallet due to a new found vulnerability<\/p>\n<p>I suggested they were hacked and have been immediately banned<\/p>\n<p>Be careful and spread the word<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sekure D (@SekureD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SekureD\/status\/1921400219331158033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The attacker urged users to enter their seed phrase on a fraudulent website. Participants attempting to warn the community about the scam were blocked or restricted in the chat.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe compromise of a moderator&#8217;s account allowed the attacker to post fraudulent links in one of the channels,\u201d said Ledger representative Quentin Boutright.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The team removed the spam bot, blocked access to the compromised account, and strengthened server security.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cWe have tightened security measures on Discord. Never enter your seed phrase through links in chats,\u201d Boutright emphasized.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, Ledger customers <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/fraudsters-target-ledger-users-with-fake-letters\">began receiving<\/a> physical letters with the company&#8217;s logo, demanding address verification through seed phrase entry.<\/p>\n<p>Back in December 2024, scammers posing as the company <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ledger-users-targeted-by-phishing-emails-over-fake-data-breach\">sent<\/a> phishing email notifications to clients about a service breach to gain access to victims&#8217; wallets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has regained control of its Discord server after it was targeted by hackers. The incident occurred on May 10, when a hacker compromised a moderator&#8217;s account and distributed phishing links. I think the @Ledger Discord has been hacked and there is an announcement asking you to connect your wallet due [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[44,961,1640],"class_list":["post-23874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cybercrime","tag-hardware-wallets","tag-ledger"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"51","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}