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The official X account of hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor has published a series of nefarious posts pointing to fraudulent presale token offerings, suspected the result of a suspected SIM-swap attack.
Independent blockchain sleuth ZachXBT <a href="https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1770225097552363795" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">notified</a> his 528,000 followers on X of Trezor’s suspected breach in a March 19 post to X. Crypto security service Scam Sniffer also <a href="https://x.com/realScamSniffer/status/1770227728014614913" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">flagged</a> the suspicious activity 10 minutes later.
Several posts made from the official Trezor touted a fake Trezor “$TRZR” presale token on the Solana networks, asking users to send funds to a Solana wallet address and including links that directed users to wallet drainers. 
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Additionally, ZachXBT noted that the hacker had <a href="https://etherscan.io/address/0x16384f846c2ac7a10cd5d2353e59ae9d635cbc9f" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">stolen</a> roughly $8,100 from Trezor’s Zapper account.
“Imagine hacking the Trezor account only to steal $8.1K (includes 25% drainer fee),” he wrote in a follow-up comment.
The posts also included references to a new <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/slerf-memecoin-launch-accident-or-intentional-community-debates">memecoin on Solana dubbed Slerf</a>, most likely used as a method to drum up further engagement. However, many of the posts were removed just minutes after being uploaded.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/trusted-seller-vends-fake-trezor-wallets-stealing-crypto-kaspersky">‘Trusted’ marketplace sold fake Trezor wallets stealing crypto — Kaspersky</a>
Trezor’s latest incident was <a href="https://x.com/Jon_HQ/status/1770226432775790920" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">described</a> as a major loss by crypto commentator and X user John Holmquist, who slammed the hard wallet manufacturer for presumably not using two-factor authentication (2FA) to secure its X account.
“Please take account security more seriously,” he stressed.
Others, such as X user Pledditor, <a href="https://x.com/Pledditor/status/1770227256050200887" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">found</a> it ironic that a security-focused hardware wallet firm can’t secure its own social media account.
“It’s hard, funny, and shameful at the same damn time” that they don’t take their own advice, <a href="https://x.com/DigiHustlerX/status/1770229263675040157" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">added </a>X user DigitalHustlerX.
Cointelegraph contacted SatoshiLabs, the company behind Trezor, but did not receive an immediate response.
Trezor <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/trezor-discloses-66k-users-affected-phishing-attack">suffered a security breach</a> in January that exposed the contact information of nearly 66,000 users. 
Trezor has sold over 2 million hardware wallets to customers since it launched in 2012, <a href="https://trezor.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">according</a>&nbsp;to the firm’s website. The firm currently sells three products which collectively can store more than 9,000 coins offline for users.
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Trezor X account shills fake presale tokens in suspected hack

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