Ledger attack spreads to EU, AI finds ’18 trillion XRP’ bug: Hodler’s Digest

Ledger implant exploit reportedly spreads to Europe after $93.4 million in losses from Asian reseller

A tampered Ledger attack that has already seen an estimated $93.4 million taken from Asian hardware wallet users, has reportedly spread to Europe.

X user Johannes has presented photographs of a tampered Ledger he said he purchased two weeks ago from the European consumer electronics chain MediaMarkt. The implant inside appears to be an earlier version of the one found linked to CryptoBilis shipped devices in Asia, and no funds have been taken.

“Either the device didn’t work, or they were waiting for a more widespread usage of the compromised devices,” he said. Former Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles, whose investigations into the tampered Asian Ledgers helped bring the problem to light, said the antenna in the device says it is the “Eurasian version” suggesting separate versions of the implant have been sent to regions that use different mobile frequencies. Ledger has not confirmed the reported European device is part of the same attack.

“PSA the ledger incident isn’t limited to Asia,” wrote European X user Johannes. Source: Johannes.

The sophisticated attack hit Ledger devices in Asia late last week, after devices from the official reseller CryptoBilis — which had recently been sold to a new owner — were found to be modified in a way that apparently enable attackers to read the seed phrase and steal funds even as though the device is still able to pass authenticity checks.