80 BTC in a hardware wallet were stolen—this is heartbreaking!
#Ledger hardware wallets may have been stolen in a large-scale theft.
On-chain tracking shows asset losses of over $86 million.
One of the wallet addresses
activated a Ledger wallet a week ago and transferred in 80
$BTC .
Now, assets worth more than $6 million have mysteriously disappeared.
Ledger issued an official announcement:
Hardware wallets purchased through Southeast Asian distributor
#CryptoBilis may be at risk.
The exact amount of losses and the cause of the attack have not yet been confirmed,
but this incident is once again a wake-up call for everyone in crypto.
A hardware wallet does not mean absolute security
Many people think that if they put BTC in a hardware wallet,
and keep their private keys offline, their assets are safe.
But the security of a hardware wallet depends not only on the device itself,
but also on where it was purchased, how it was initialized, and how its recovery phrase was generated and stored.
If a device is tampered with somewhere in the supply chain,
or its recovery phrase is exposed during generation,
then keeping it offline afterward still won't protect the assets.
A hardware wallet is just one part of a security system, not an all-purpose safe.
If someone offers you a hardware wallet, be extremely cautious.
Keeping assets on an exchange
means taking on risks related to the platform's operations, custody, and account security.
Managing your own private keys
means taking sole responsibility for risks involving your device, recovery phrase, backups, and user error.
Self-custody is not risk-free. When you take control of your assets,
you also take full responsibility for keeping them secure.
#钱包安全 is one of the most fundamental and important questions for crypto users.
How can crypto users protect their assets?
① When buying a hardware wallet, always use an official channel.
Buy through the official website. Never use a pre-supplied recovery phrase, and never share your recovery phrase with a third party.
② For hot wallets or wallet apps,
always download them from the official website to avoid phishing wallets.
③ Isolate the risks associated with large holdings.
Don't keep all your assets in one wallet or under a single recovery phrase; manage them separately.
Compared with other losses, having a wallet stolen is more devastating and harder to accept.
Even if you avoid chasing market pumps and crashes, stay away from leveraged contracts, and don't make high-risk trades,
and proactively choose a safer way to store your assets, you can still be caught off guard.
You may not know where things went wrong,
and years of accumulated assets can be stolen—a pain that's almost impossible to bear.