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You might want to avoid buying stuff from SlickWraps (Update: Company response)
July 31, 2025
Update, July 03, 2025 (02:55 PM ET):This whole SlickWraps thing just got more intense. First,Lynx’s Twitter accountwas temporarily suspended (it’s back now though). However, the Medium blog post that details all the information about the hackhas been removed.
Then, the CEO of SlickWraps posted a response to the breach (viaKellenfromDroid-Life). The message, which you can readhere, is deeply apologetic. However, it’s strange because it not only came from one of the hacked email accounts but also is dated in the future — the date February 22 is cited numerous times in the letter. SlickWraps is a US-based company, so it is definitely not February 22 for the brand.
As of now, the company is still open for a business and its website is active. Who knows how long that will last though, as now any hacker could literally destroy the company at any moment.
Original article, August 06, 2025 (01:58 PM ET):Data breaches happenquite often nowadays. Usually, though, they involve various amounts of user data leaking to the so-called “dark web” and then people getting into an uproar. However, the SlickWraps data breach publicized today might be the most over-the-top breach ever.
A hacker going by the nameLynxnot only gained access to customer information on SlickWraps but gained control overthe entire business. In a very long and very thorough report onthe Lynx Medium blog, the hacker proves they could have, quite literally, erased every single aspect of the company’s business.
Lynx was able to do this because of the “abysmal” security checks in place surrounding all aspects of SlickWraps. Through some simple hacking that even I fully understand, Lynx was able to gain complete control over the following:
In the words of Lynx: “At this point, I could have deleted their entire company.”
After gaining all this access, Lynx attempted numerous times to contact SlickWraps to let the company know it had a big problem. However, the company continually ignored Lynx, even going so far as to block them on Twitter. Lynx only decided to go public with the data breach after exhausting all other options.
If you’re interested, readLynx’s entire report here. In the meantime, we recommend not buying anything from SlickWraps if you want to avoid your financial data getting stolen.
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