Crypto Casey's video: Ledger Hack 2020 Explained What to do Now - Beginner s Guide

This is a video guide about the Ledger Wallet Database Hack that happened in 2020 for beginners. We discuss important things to understand about the situation, what happened, how to find out if you were affected, what to do if you were affected, how scammers will exploit the leaked data, and what we can all do going forward to avoid becoming a victim of data leaks in the future. ======== Links to Items Mentioned in Video ======== ♥ Full 2-Hour Interview with Antonopoulos & Experts - https://youtu.be/uKCMx8nqQhY ♦ Recommended MalwareBytes for Free Virus Scan - MalwareBytes Link - http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-8628825-12849560 ♥ Option 1 to Check if You Were Affected by the Ledger Data Leak - https://haveibeenpwned.com/ ♥ Option 2 to Check if You Were Affected by the Ledger Data Leak - https://intelx.io/ ♦ Recommended Encrypted Email Account for Managing Cryptocurrency Accounts: ProtonMail Link - http://proton.go2cloud.org/SH1f ♦ Recommended 2FA Yubikey Devices - https://www.gopjn.com/t/TUJGR0dNRkJHR0tMSUdCRk5GSkxK ♦ Steel Wallet Option from Cobo - https://bit.ly/2KV9myc ♦ Recommended Option for Disposable Email Addresses - https://www.mailinator.com/ ♦ Recommended Option for Temporary Phone Numbers - https://quackr.io/ ♦ Recommended Option for Cell Phone Service to Avoid SIM Swapping - https://www.efani.com/ ======== VIDEO SUMMARY ======== 00:00 - Introduction 00:44 - Information Synthesized from Antonopoulos Livestream with Experts 01:54 - Extremely Important Concept to Understand About the Leak 03:07 - Never Ever Give Your 24 Word Wallet Phrase to Anyone 03:24 - What Happened & What Data was Leaked 04:49 - How to Tell if You Were Affected by the Ledger Data Leak 04:56 - Do Not Download the Database 05:06 - If You Downloaded the Database, Use MalwareBytes for Free Virus Scan 05:38 - Option 1 to Check: https://haveibeenpwned.com 06:00 - Option 2 to Check: https://intelx.io 06:17 - What to Do if You Were Affected by the Ledger Data Leak 06:20 - Relax! 06:55 - Think Before Acting, then Research 09:25 - Scammers Cannot Take Your Crypto, You Have to Give it to Them 09:33 - Should you Change Your Email Address? 10:21 - Should You Change Your Phone Number? 11:20 - How Scammers Will Exploit the Leaked Ledger Data 11:27 - SIM Swapping, SIM Theft, SIM Hacking Risks 13:38 - Phishing & Spear Phishing Risks 17:40 - Postal Phishing Risks 18:20 - Physical Attacks 20:42 - Securing Your 24 Word Wallet Phrase 21:22 - The Best Way to Store Your Private Keys 23:17 - Accept that Data Leaks are a Part of Life 24:35 - No Company is Excluded from Becoming a Victim of a Data Leak 24:49 - Purging Data Collected on the Internet is Not Easy 25:00 - No Database is Completely Secure 25:14 - How we Can Protect Ourselves from Becoming a Victim of a Data Leak 26:42 - Should Ledger Hardware Wallets Still be Used 28:14 - Failures Like This are What Drive Progress & Innovation 28:54 - Your Ledger Device is Safe ======== $25 Worth of FREE Crypto from Crypto.com ======== ♥ Crypto.com Signup - http://platinum.crypto.com/r/cryptocasey - Type in Referral Code: CryptoCasey and we both get $25 🙂 ♥ Coinbase - Receive $10 of FREE BITCOIN when you use this link to sign up for Coinbase and invest $100: https://www.coinbase.com/join/57605a33b9140001c900020b ♥ BC Vault Crypto Hardware Wallet Link - https://bc-vault.com/shop/bc-vault/?wpam_id=22 ♥ Ledger Nano X & S Hardware Wallets: https://www.ledgerwallet.com/r/befe ♥ Link to Join Ivan on Tech Academy at a Discount - https://academy.ivanontech.com/a/30997/8Vj9oDiu ♥ Link to Apply to Crypto Casey Beta Course - https://CryptoCasey.com/Beta ♥ Link to Choice Bitcoin Retirement - https://www.retirewithchoice.com?kid=1B8081 ======== LINKS TO ACCESS SITES SAFELY ======== ♦ Coinbase - Receive $10 of FREE BITCOIN when you use this link to sign up for Coinbase and invest $100: https://www.coinbase.com/join/57605a33b9140001c900020b ♦ Kraken Exchange Link: https://r.kraken.com/r5XmG ♦ KuCoin Exchange Link - https://www.kucoin.com/ucenter/signup?rcode=2Q2fbRg ♦ Binance Signup Link: https://www.binance.com/?ref=11055137 ♦ Bittrex Signup Link: https://bittrex.com/Account/Register?referralCode=M0U-UDK-WU5 ♦ Coinmama Signup Link - https://go.coinmama.com/visit/?bta=51862&nci=5343 ♦ BitBuy Canadian Exchange Link - http://go.bitbuy.tech/aff_c?offer_id=3&aff_id=1007 ======== SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS ======== ● Twitch - https://twitch.tv/cryptocasey/ ● Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/cryptocasey/ ● Twitter: https://twitter.com/cryptocasey ● Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cryptocasey/ ● Telegram: https://t.me/cryptocaseychat/ ● Business Contact - Casey@CryptoCasey.com ● Website - https://CryptoCasey.com/ ● Podcast - https://cryptocasey.buzzsprout.com/ ======== DONATIONS ======== ♥ BTC - 12XfdCJqEuRRzMrcD1YaE5kHeSShdkcW3G ♥ ETH - 0xf94c719621E358890Dd33dD010a1fb4717EbdaE4