Keystone to Destroy 18,835 Hardware Wallets After Hackers Steal Device Verification Key
An attacker who gained access to Keystone's website obtained the key that its hardware wallets use to prove they are genuine, the company said in a statement on October 26. Someone with that key could build counterfeit devices that pass the online check owners use to verify a Keystone. A buyer who trusted a counterfeit could have their crypto stolen, but the incident did not involve
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An attacker who gained access to Keystone's website obtained the key that its hardware wallets use to prove they are genuine, the company said in a statement on October 26. Someone with that key could build counterfeit devices that pass the online check owners use to verify a Keystone. A buyer who trusted a counterfeit could have their crypto stolen, but the incident did not involve
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