Keystone Hardware Wallet Halts Sales, Destroys 18,835 Devices Following Customer Data Breach

Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Hardware wallet manufacturer Keystone has halted direct product shipments and destroyed 18,835 unsold units after attackers breached its e-commerce infrastructure and stole an internal root authentication key used to verify device authenticity. The incident escalated Oct. 26 when Keystone confirmed intruders had obtained the official WebAuth root authentication key during the intrusion. Because authentication credentials are permanently burned into the physical secure hardware during factory assembly and cannot be modified remotely, Keystone destroyed its entire inventory of 18,835 warehouse units.