Ledger’s CEO just said, "Everyone will get hacked sooner or later."
That’s true, but it hits differently coming from someone who sells hardware wallets. Fear is already the best-selling product in this industry. First they tell you everyone will get hacked, and you can guess what comes next.
Let’s talk facts. This year, North Korean hackers were behind the bulk of on-chain thefts—over 80%, according to TRM. They rely on social engineering, phishing, and lying low for weeks before striking, not on cracking that little screen of yours. In the Binance case involving more than $6.3 billion, a big chunk of the money is still being slowly laundered through THORChain and Chainflip. Will buying a cold wallet protect you from that? To some extent—but only if you don’t sign things blindly, click random links, or take photos of your seed phrase.
And don’t forget the device-tampering scam in Singapore a while back. People had just been scared all over again, and then a bunch of accounts suddenly started pushing other wallets with the exact same talking points. Everyone wants a piece of the security-anxiety business.
My take: a cold wallet is a tool, not a talisman. Nine times out of ten, people get hacked because of human error, not the chip. The CEO’s most honest version of that quote would be: Most people will get hacked because they can’t keep their hands off things, and then they’ll come buy our products.
#钱包安全 #Ledger
That’s true, but it hits differently coming from someone who sells hardware wallets. Fear is already the best-selling product in this industry. First they tell you everyone will get hacked, and you can guess what comes next.
Let’s talk facts. This year, North Korean hackers were behind the bulk of on-chain thefts—over 80%, according to TRM. They rely on social engineering, phishing, and lying low for weeks before striking, not on cracking that little screen of yours. In the Binance case involving more than $6.3 billion, a big chunk of the money is still being slowly laundered through THORChain and Chainflip. Will buying a cold wallet protect you from that? To some extent—but only if you don’t sign things blindly, click random links, or take photos of your seed phrase.
And don’t forget the device-tampering scam in Singapore a while back. People had just been scared all over again, and then a bunch of accounts suddenly started pushing other wallets with the exact same talking points. Everyone wants a piece of the security-anxiety business.
My take: a cold wallet is a tool, not a talisman. Nine times out of ten, people get hacked because of human error, not the chip. The CEO’s most honest version of that quote would be: Most people will get hacked because they can’t keep their hands off things, and then they’ll come buy our products.
#钱包安全 #Ledger