- The owner lost 1.33 BTC because of it
- The wallet was purchased from a trusted website
- And the package was not damaged
Kaspersky Lab reports the emergence of fake Trezor wallets. On their official website, they described the problem in detail.
So, a certain user bought a Trezor cold wallet. Everything was fine until one day 1.33 BTC disappeared from this device.
The owner did not conduct any transactions on the day of withdrawal, and did not even touch the wallet. The device was in a safe and disconnected from the Internet.
Further investigation revealed that the criminals had remade the wallet, replacing its original microchip with their own controller.
However, the original packaging and holographic stickers were still in place, so the buyer did not suspect anything unusual.
Wallet was purchased from a reliable seller through a popular classifieds site.. Also, at first glance, there were no problems updating the device.