March 24, 2025

Crypto security will always be a game of ‘cat and mouse’ — Wallet exec

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As long as victims keep falling for handing over their 24-word seed phrase, bad actors will keep going for the easiest payday, says a crypto executive.

Cryptocurrency wallet providers are getting more sophisticated, but so are bad actors — which means the battle between security and threats is at a deadlock, says a hardware wallet firm executive.

“It will always be a cat and mouse game,” Ledger chief experience officer Ian Rogers told Cointelegraph when describing the constant race between crypto wallet firms adding new security features and hackers finding more advanced ways to access victims’ wallets.

Rogers said, unfortunately, the most straightforward scams work best because scammers rely on people making simple mistakes.

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