Since October 9, hundreds of owners of compromised Ledger hardware wallets have seen their crypto assets disappear after purchasing their devices in South-East Asia, where criminals had grafted a hardware implant that captures the 24-word recovery phrase. Among the victims, a scammer lost more than 60 bitcoin, worth approximately $4.8 million at the time, from a « paid tasks » scheme he himself had organized. According to Bitquery, total theft amounts to $102 million across 324 wallets and six blockchains, including 203.8 bitcoin stolen in a single hour. Ledger has suspended sales through authorized resellers in South-East Asia and pulled its products from shelves, ordering sellers to hand over the device to the customer only at the time of purchase.
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