Hardware Wallet & VPS Security Breaches Target Crypto Users
Keystone hardware wallet had its website hacked exposing customer names and shipping addresses, extending a pattern of attacks on Ledger, Trezor, SafePal, and Coldcard. Separately, a Japanese GMO VPS used by forex traders was breached, with attackers executing trades that destroyed balances.
What we know
An account on X notes Keystone is now the fifth major hardware wallet to suffer an attack (after Ledger, Trezor, SafePal, Coldcard), with hackers accessing its website to grab customer names and shipping addresses — seed phrases reportedly untouched. On the traditional finance side, another account on X reports that GMO Internet Group's VPS service, used by FX traders, was breached: attackers stole credentials and executed balance-destroying trades across 70+ brokerages, prompting GMO to request government assistance.
How the story developed
Keystone hardware wallet had its website hacked exposing customer names and shipping addresses, extending a pattern of attacks on Ledger, Trezor, SafePal, and Coldcard. Separately, a Japanese GMO VPS used by forex traders was breached, with attackers executing trades that destroyed balances.
A Japanese cloud VPS used by forex traders was hacked, destroying balances across 70+ brokerages; separately, dark-web kingpin IntelBroker was caught after a $250 Bitcoin payment traced him.
A major hack of a Japanese cloud VPS destroyed forex balances across 70+ brokerages, while a prominent analyst warns AI cyberattacks may end the internet as a public good.
By the Global Eye 24 desk, with AI assistance. Updated as the story develops. Spot an error? Write to corrections@globaleye24.com.