Crypto scammers are now ‘quantum experts’ targeting bitcoin users

Developments and recent breakthroughs in quantum computing are now being used by crypto scammers, who are trying to trick potential victims into giving away their crypto assets.

Multiple reports have emerged online detailing screenshots of emails supposedly sent by major crypto hardware wallet brands Trezor and Ledger. The fake emails are designed to “inform” people about “quantum computing vulnerabilities.”

“We’re seeing multiple attempts to trick hardware users into compromising their funds by claiming there are quantum vulnerabilities that need to be patched. These claims are false, do not take action!” said Jameson Lopp, bitcoin (BTC) security expert and co-founder and CTO at BTC and ethereum (ETH) custody solutions company Casa.

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