Hack history / 2020 / Phishing
Ledger Chrome
Phishing on Mar 25, 2020 · Phishing attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$226K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,451
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Attacker creates malicious Ledger Chrome extensions and tricks users into downloading malicious Ledger Chrome extensions through Google search ad serving and other methods to steal users' cryptocurrency. So far, it is known that at least 1.4 million XRP are stolen.
Details
- Date
- Mar 25, 2020
- Kind
- Phishing
- Method
- Phishing attack
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- Wallet
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Ledger Chrome phishing, Mar 25, 2020: $226K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht102c16a7ae/ (data as of 2026-10-31).