Scam alert: Trezor warns users of new phishing attack

Hardware cryptocurrency wallet provider Trezor has warned its users about a new phishing attack targeting their crypto investments by trying to steal their private keys.

Trezor took to Twitter on Feb. 28 to

The news came shortly after metaverse firm The Sandbox suffered a data breach on Feb. 26, that resulted in a phishing email sent to users.

The latest phishing attack against Trezor customers is not the first scam of such kind. Trezor wallets were also targeted with phishing attacks in April 2022, with attackers contacting Trezor users posing as the company, asking them to download a fake Trezor app.

Such attacks are not exclusive to Trezor though. In 2020, rival hardware wallet firm Ledger suffered a massive data breach, with attackers publicly exposing personal information of more than 270,000 Ledger customers.