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Whoa, Ledger hardware wallets have been hit too? Nearly $90 million in assets reportedly stolen!
Why do people buy hardware wallets? Isn’t it because keeping your private keys yourself feels safer than leaving them on an exchange?
Yet recently, multiple Ledger users in Southeast Asia reported having their assets stolen, with the amount reportedly close to $90 million.
The strangest part is that these users’ devices were all said to have come from the same authorized reseller, CryptoBilis.
According to reports, Ledger has asked the reseller to pause sales and shipments, and advised customers who recently bought devices to hold off on activating them. Those already using one should stay alert to potential risks.
Meanwhile, Tether has reportedly started freezing USDT at some of the addresses involved, in an attempt to stop the funds from being moved further.
But a freeze doesn’t mean the funds will be recovered—and BTC and ETH certainly can’t be frozen by Tether.
There’s no definitive conclusion yet about how the attack happened. If it really was a supply-chain issue, that’s pretty alarming.
People used to worry about exchanges going bust, so they bought hardware wallets. Now even the channels through which you buy a hardware wallet could be a source of risk.
That said, this doesn’t mean the hardware wallets’ security mechanisms themselves have been compromised.
The scariest thing about crypto is thinking you’ve taken every possible security precaution, only to find that the vulnerability may be hiding in the one link you trust most.
$BTC $ETH #Ledger #加密安全
Whoa, Ledger hardware wallets have been hit too? Nearly $90 million in assets reportedly stolen!
Why do people buy hardware wallets? Isn’t it because keeping your private keys yourself feels safer than leaving them on an exchange?
Yet recently, multiple Ledger users in Southeast Asia reported having their assets stolen, with the amount reportedly close to $90 million.
The strangest part is that these users’ devices were all said to have come from the same authorized reseller, CryptoBilis.
According to reports, Ledger has asked the reseller to pause sales and shipments, and advised customers who recently bought devices to hold off on activating them. Those already using one should stay alert to potential risks.
Meanwhile, Tether has reportedly started freezing USDT at some of the addresses involved, in an attempt to stop the funds from being moved further.
But a freeze doesn’t mean the funds will be recovered—and BTC and ETH certainly can’t be frozen by Tether.
There’s no definitive conclusion yet about how the attack happened. If it really was a supply-chain issue, that’s pretty alarming.
People used to worry about exchanges going bust, so they bought hardware wallets. Now even the channels through which you buy a hardware wallet could be a source of risk.
That said, this doesn’t mean the hardware wallets’ security mechanisms themselves have been compromised.
The scariest thing about crypto is thinking you’ve taken every possible security precaution, only to find that the vulnerability may be hiding in the one link you trust most.
$BTC $ETH #Ledger #加密安全