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Secreteum: A decentralized encrypted messaging app

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Time Stamp: October 6, 2021 5:00 AM - Modified On: October 6, 2021 - Published By:
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Messaging apps are ubiquitous – more than 3.6 billion people worldwide use them, with the average person sending up to 72 messages every 24 hours. Every day WhatsApp alone channels over 100 billion messages, while WeChat transmits 205 million video messages. With this popularity has come a darker side: that of hacked personal data, cybertheft, and government violations of privacy. The way messaging apps are designed, work, and are managed exposes them by default to many risks: Most messaging apps require the user to input sensitive personal data, including name,

Message by LEDGER’s CEO – Update on the July data breach. Despite the leak, your crypto assets are safe.

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Time Stamp: December 21, 2020 12:49 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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12/21/2020 | Blog posts, Security Dear Ledger clients, As you know, Ledger was targeted by a cyberattack that led to a data breach in July 2020. Yesterday, we were informed about the dump of the content of a Ledger customer database on Raidforum. We believe this to be the contents of our e-commerce database from June 2020. At the time of the incident, in July, we engaged an external security organisation to conduct a forensic review of the logs available. This review of the logs enabled us to confirm that

Massive Ledger Data Leak Increases SIM Swapping Threat

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Time Stamp: December 21, 2020 2:10 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has suffered another massive data breach for the second time this year. The exposure of thousands of clients’ personal information has increased the threat of SIM swapping as an attack vector. For the second time this year, personal data from Ledger wallet buyers has been dumped online. The leak was posted by several members of the crypto community who found files allegedly containing the ‘full database’ of Ledger customers containing emails, phone numbers, and even physical addresses. Ledger Data Leaked (Again) Ledger played down the data

Remaining Anonymous: Which Crypto Privacy Solution Works Best?

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Time Stamp: April 2, 2020 9:44 AM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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The cryptocurrency industry was initially headlined as anonymous digital cash. While experts were keen to point out that this was not exactly the case, Bitcoin (BTC) found initial popularity in darknet markets such as Silk Road, where merchants sold illegal goods ranging from light drugs to, allegedly, hitman services. Founded in 2011, Silk Road thrived for the next two years until the Federal Bureau of Investigation shut it down in 2013. Authorities later revealed that completely free blockchain explorers aided their investigative efforts.Bitcoin’s transaction ledger is completely open for the