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

What happened

Security researchers use AI to uncover a “$94 billion” XRP bug — but receive just a $250K bounty. 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. Ledger has not confirmed the reported European device is part of the same attack.

An user reports buying a tampered Ledger from a big retailer in Europe. 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.

“Either the device didn’t work, or they were waiting for a more widespread usage of the compromised devices,” he said. “PSA the ledger incident isn’t limited to Asia,” wrote European X user Johannes. “The volume of impacted devices is limited,” it said in its most recent update today.

Key facts

• 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
• An user — reports: buying a tampered Ledger from a big retailer in Europe