Ledger Supply-Chain Implant Drained $102M from Wallets
A hardware implant embedded in Ledger devices sold through CryptoBilis transmitted recovery phrases over LTE, draining $102M from 324 wallets across six networks.
A hardware implant embedded in Ledger devices sold through CryptoBilis transmitted recovery phrases over LTE, draining $102M from 324 wallets across six networks.
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