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Scammer Loses $4.8M in Bitcoin to Tampered Ledger Wallets
A scammer lost more than 60 Bitcoin due to tampered Ledger hardware wallets. Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis revealed the theft, which involved a task scam where people were paid to fake product sales and reviews. The scammer moved the stolen Bitcoin into three separate Ledger addresses, which were then drained of about $1.64 million each. Ledger disclosed the incident and found an implant in wallets sold through CryptoBilis, a Southeast Asian reseller, which could have been used to steal funds.