Tampered Ledger reported in Singapore a month before news broke: Asia Express

Singapore police reported on September 10 that tampered Ledger hardware wallets were starting to appear in the country. Two cases of tampered Ledger hardware wallets have been confirmed since then, with a total loss of about 3.5 million Singapore dollars ($2.7 million). This incident occurred almost a month before the wider issue was reported on October 28.

The October 28 advisory suggested the police investigation was still at the preliminary stages. Ledger issued an alert on October 9 about tampered Ledgers found in the CryptoBilis supply chain, and almost $100 million was stolen from wallets containing spyware components. Almost a week later, Ledger asked retailers in several countries to suspend sales of Ledger devices as investigations continued.

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