The Latest Breaking News from Ledger

$UFD Surges Over 26% As Ledger Gifts Cold Wallets To Meme Coin's Creator

$UFD surged Wednesday night as Ledger announced it was sending a cold wallet bundle to Ron Branstetter, the creator of the Unicorn Fart Dust meme coin whose digital wallet was wiped by hackers Monday.

International Business Times · Jan 30, 2025

Who Is David Balland? Co-Founder of £1B Crypto Startup and Wife Rescued After Shocking Kidnapping

David Balland, co-founder of Ledger, and his wife were recently kidnapped, with a portion of the ransom paid in cryptocurrency.

International Business Times UK · Jan 27, 2025

Ledger Co-Founder's Kidnapping, Torture Raises Concerns On Crypto Executives' Wealth Visibility

Ledger co-founder David Balland and his wife were the victims of a kidnap for ransom plot last week, but they were rescued by French authorities after the kidnappers mutilated one of the crypto executive's fingers.

International Business Times · Jan 27, 2025

Ledger Promises Refund To Users Impacted By ConnectKit Attack

Ledger also revealed that it will discontinue the blind signing practice on devices, which it plans to see fully implemented by June 2024.

International Business Times · Dec 21, 2023

The Ledger hack could have been much worse. But it also could have been easily prevented

Standards that are commonplace in other industries, such as banking, could have easily prevented a major infrastructure compromise.

Fortune · Dec 19, 2023

Attack on Ledger crypto wallet leads to huge money thefts

At least $610,000 was stolen from victims’ crypto wallets in just two hours before Ledger was able to act.

TechRadar · Dec 15, 2023

Ledger wallets drained in crypto's latest embarrassing hack

A hacker was able to compromise one of the industry's biggest names in security by phishing an ex-employee.

Fortune · Dec 15, 2023

Ledger's Connector Library Breach Sparks Concerns For Ethereum Ecosystem

Apart from Ledger and Metamask, several other protocols, including Zapper, SushiSwap, Phantom, Balancer and Revoke.cash, were affected by the security incident.

International Business Times · Dec 14, 2023

Some crypto gifts they want. Others, they need

Help them secure their assets with a Ledger wallet

TechRadar · Dec 12, 2023

Fake Ledger Live App On Microsoft Store Leads To 16.8 Bitcoin Theft

Hackers exploit fake app to steal $770,000 worth of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Zenger · Nov 9, 2023