Scammer loses nearly $5 million in bitcoin after Ledger hardware wallet spy-chip exploit

A fraudster who lured victims through fake online job offers has become one of the largest casualties of a compromised Ledger hardware wallet exploit. Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reports that the scammer lost almost $5 million worth of bitcoin. The incident involves hardware wallets that were reportedly compromised with spy chips. The report highlights the irony of a scammer falling victim to the same type of security breach they may have been exploiting.