The owner of the Ledger Nano S hardware wallet under the nickname Anchor Drops reported the theft of at least 10 BTC and raised questions with the device manufacturer.
Hey @ledger tonight I lost 10 BTC and ~1.5m of NFTs stored on my ledger Nano S
The ledger was purchased directly from you. The seed phrase was stored in a secure location, never entered anywhere online. I never signed any malicious transactions. Everything is in my physical…
— Anchor Drops (@anchor_drops) December 13, 2024
According to the user, he also lost $1.5 million in NFTs.
He received a response from a community member under the pseudonym KDean, who discovered a dubious Ethereum transaction approved by a user on February 22, 2022, with the tag Fake_Phishing5443.
This transaction explains the loss of the NFT, but it remains unclear how it could have contributed to the Bitcoin theft, Fuzzland lead security researcher Tony Ke noted in a commentary for Cointelegraph.
Cyvers senior researcher Hakan Unal admitted that the attacker, as a result of his actions, gained access to all blockchains supported by the wallet.
The Ledger team took a similar stance:
In response to questions from Anchor Drops, the hardware wallet developers recommended contacting law enforcement to track and block stolen assets. The support service is ready to assist in the investigation, they assured.
Losing funds and NFTs is an incredibly distressing experience, let us share a few things that we hope can be of help.
First, it’s important to clarify that Ledger’s security model is designed to ensure that private keys are generated and stored securely within the Secure Element…
— Ledger (@Ledger) December 13, 2024
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Source: Cryptocurrency
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