People are being robbed of crypto by a tiny chip implanted in their hardware, with $100 million said to have been stolen…
A supply chain attack, reportedly involving a reseller named CryptoBilis, has led to the theft of at least $86 million in cryptocurrency from Ledger hardware wallets. An unauthorized hardware implant, discovered after removing the device's battery, appears to have been soldered behind the screen to extract information. Ledger is investigating and advising affected users to move their funds to a new seed on a new device.
- Entities
- Company: Ledger
- Company: CryptoBilis
- Topic: Cryptocurrency
- Topic: Supply-Chain Attack
- Topic: Hardware Wallets
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