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07 December 2023

Hackers Breach Mailchimp Email Marketing Firm to Launch Crypto Phishing Scams

Sunday morning, Twitter was abuzz with reports from owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets who received phishing notifications claiming that the company suffered a data breach. These emails prompted Trezort customers to reset their hardware wallet PINs by downloading malicious software that allowed stealing the stored cryptocurrency. In an email to BleepingComputer, MailChimp has confirmed that the breach was more significant than just Trezor's account being accessed by threat actors.According to MailChimp, some of their employees fell for a social engineering attack that led to the theft of their credentials.

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