Ledger’s Discord Server Hacked—Malicious Bot Targets Crypto Users

Hardware wallet giant Ledger confirms a breach in its Discord server, exposing users to a phishing bot attack. The incident raises fresh concerns about security in crypto’s ’trustless’ ecosystem—ironic, given how often we’re told to ’trust the code.’

Attackers deployed a bot posing as Ledger support, urging users to connect wallets and drain funds. Classic ’help desk’ scam—just digitized for the crypto age.

Ledger claims no backend systems were compromised. But for a company that sells $139 USB sticks to ’keep funds safe,’ this is the second major security black eye since the 2020 database leak. Maybe next they’ll blame users for ’not verifying the bot’s credentials.’

Not the First Time Scammers Targeted Ledger Users

This isn’t the only scam targeting Ledger customers lately.

Just last month, some users received physical letters pretending to be from Ledger. These letters used the company’s real logo and address and asked people to scan a QR code and enter their seed phrases. 

One user who got the letter guessed that the scammers could’ve been using old leaked customer data from Ledger’s 2020 data breach.

That breach exposed names, phone numbers, and home addresses of over 270,000 Ledger customers. A year later, some people even received fake Ledger devices in the mail—devices that were tampered with to install malware when connected.

What Now?

It’s not clear if anyone actually lost money in the Discord scam. Cointelegraph has reached out to Ledger, but there has been no public update yet.

Just a reminder: never share your recovery phrase, no matter where the request comes from. Not on Discord. Not by email. Not even through a letter.

And especially not when someone’s pretending it’s urgent.

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