Re: Fake Ledger Nano X Passes Genuine Check and Leads to Loss of Over $200,000
Very strange story. The author claims that he downloaded Ledger Live from the App Store and the wallet passed the authenticity check normally. So the problem is unlikely to be in the wallet itself
Most of this story is based on the author's words and statements. Isn't it all just a hoax to increase upvotes (or something else, like donates)?The following things also confuse me:
According to the author, the victim was new to cryptocurrency, but transferred an impressive amount of more than $200,000 to the wallet.
This can be explained by the fact that the newbie was not poor or received an inheritance. According to the author, the victim was new to cryptocurrency, but transferred an impressive amount of more than $200,000 to the wallet.
For me, this place doesn't seem to be the "weakest" in this strange story, because newbies would have immediately sent all the money to a new device. More experienced In general, it all looks like this story is full of "blank spots" and it is impossible to be 100% sure of the truth of what happened.
This is very concerning news, but I can't say that I am surprised with this.
Scammers probably found a way to bypass genuine check, and there is no way to know how they did it since ledger is closed source device.
There is always a chance that some leak from ledger factory happened, they are made in China and only assembled in France.
Even without this latest scam I was warning people in last few years to stop using ledger and all other closed source devices like tangem.
It seems to me that you are making a bit of a hasty conclusion in this case, claiming a leak or a way to bypass the authenticity check, because there is no "iron" evidence of this (the author provided little information or it sounds a bit dubious), although I also don't really trust the products of this company at the moment.Scammers probably found a way to bypass genuine check, and there is no way to know how they did it since ledger is closed source device.
There is always a chance that some leak from ledger factory happened, they are made in China and only assembled in France.
Even without this latest scam I was warning people in last few years to stop using ledger and all other closed source devices like tangem.