The savings of a man disappeared from a portfolio of Ledger brand Nano hardware after the user of Reddit has bought the wallet on eBay. The stolen coins rise to more than $ 34,000.

According to publications on Reddit, the wallet vendor was using a "man-in-the-middle" attack, inserting his own salvage seed rather than the seed random assigned by the manufacturer. According to the post:

"I have not used my Ledger in a week, today I decide to check the value of my XRP, Litecoin and Dash only to discover that all appeared as zero and had been transferred elsewhere yesterday around the same time at 7:30 pm I do not know how this is possible because I do not have access to my diary in a week.I do not know what to make the total value be greater than £ 25,000, was stolen by currency or is it something else? I am lost here and now I feel so physically sick. A few please help. "

The post shows the extent to which thieves will go to access coin purses. Ledger's CEO (Murzika user) offered to help "bring the vendor to justice" by lawful means.

Need for Security

As cryptocurrency values ​​continue to rise, the reality of security needs continues to increase. The stories of theft and piracy continue to proliferate. For individual users, additional technology may be needed. Vadim Onishchenko, CEO of the photo security system Blockchain Selfllery told Cointelegraph: