{
  "id": 17275387,
  "title": "Buyers beware: Tampered Ledger wallets linked to S$3.5 million in cryptocurrency losses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/buyers-beware-tampered-ledger-wallets-linked-to-s-3-5-million-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T18:00:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Independent Singapore",
    "slug": "the-independent-singapore",
    "url": "https://theindependent.sg/buyers-beware-tampered-ledger-wallets-linked-to-s-3-5-million-in-cryptocurrency-losses"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has warned the public about tampered Ledger cryptocurrency hardware wallets after at least two victims lost a combined S$3.5 million since September 10, 2026. Preliminary investigations found that Ledger hardware wallets bought from some retail stores in Singapore contained malicious hardware components. These could capture users’ recovery phrases or…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}