Scammer gets scammed in Ledger spy-chip exploit, loses almost $5 million in bitcoin
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A fraudster who lured victims with bogus online‑job offers ends up losing nearly $5 million in Bitcoin after his Ledger hardware wallets are compromised by a spy‑chip exploit, Chainalysis reports. The breach shows that even experienced scammers can fall prey to sophisticated supply‑chain attacks, underscoring heightened security risks that could pressure hardware‑wallet adoption and market confidence.
Chainalysis says a fraudster who tricked people through fake online jobs became one of the biggest victims of the compromised hardware wallets.